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
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Modernes Pickles	Brothurs	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:58
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
Modernes Pickles	Possessed in the City	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:28
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Modernes Pickles	Colors	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:09

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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