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	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
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
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Palace at 4 a.m.	Palace at 4 A.M.	Untamed World	01:25
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	Soft Core	04:26
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Tim Ray	Cliche (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:16
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
Modernes Pickles	Strawberry Slush	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Maurice & The Clichés	Top Forty	ST	03:37
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Spoons	Landing Lights	New Day New World	04:29
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Popular Front	Puppet Man	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:17
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Minutes From Downtown	Wrapped in Velvet	ST	03:16
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Maurice & The Clichés	Mystery Member - Mr. Remember	ST	02:56
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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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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