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
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown '82	03:49
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Spoons	Through the Hazy	Vertigo Tango	04:04
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Modernes Pickles	Destination	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:04
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Blue Oil	No Disturbing Call	ST	02:51
The Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
ACTORS	XYX	Reanimated	03:44
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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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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