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
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Spoons	Unpremeditated Love	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:49
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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