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
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Spoons	The First & Last Time	New Day New World	04:54
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
Minutes From Downtown	I Wish I Had Stayed	ST	03:03
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Maurice & The Clichés	Mixed Emotions	ST	03:53
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
The Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Joe Naylor - I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights

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Modernes Pickles - Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985

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Modernes Pickles - We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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Rob Bryanton - Alcohol And Other Drugs

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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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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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