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
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Tim Ray	Mondo Cane (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	04:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Klō	The Parking Lot Song	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:08
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11

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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