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
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
The Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:45
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Spoons	Unpremeditated Love	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:49
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Palace at 4 a.m.	Palace at 4 A.M.	Untamed World	01:25
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06

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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