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
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Spoons	New Day New World	New Day New World	03:32
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Modernes Pickles	I Left my Heart in Charlesbourg	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	05:20
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Vex	DNA	DNA	03:24
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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