New Wave Post Punk Wave

A sonic crash where style meets substance, and attitude meets atmosphere. This collection dives deep into Canada’s wave-driven underground—where angular guitars, icy synths, and restless energy redefined punk and reshaped pop. From the art-school edges of New Wave to the introspective shadows of Post-Wave and the raw pulse of Punk Wave, these tracks capture a scene in flux, bursting with invention and edge. Cool, quirky, and unapologetically bold—this is the sound of the future, past and present.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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The Keys - Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)

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Maja Bannerman - Songs by Maja Bannerman

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Blue Oil - Blue Oil (1981-83)

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Blue Oil - ST

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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The Chemicals - Break Time

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The Chemicals - Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide

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Vex - DNA

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Popular Front - Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious

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Popular Front - Doomsday Army b/w Puppet

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Klō - No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Fun b/w Weirdo

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Spoons - Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party

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Spoons - New Day New World

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Spoons - Static In Transmission

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Spoons - Vertigo Tango

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Spoons - Bridges Over Borders

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Spoons - Talkback

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Spoons - Nova Heart b/w Symmetry

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Spoons - Arias & Symphonies

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Spoons - Stick Figure Neighbourhood

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Tim Ray - ST

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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