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
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1981	04:01
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Domination	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:47
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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Jon Mullane - Following Yesterday

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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Entrance System - Imperfect Image

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Shock Culture - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Tame & Talking - ST

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