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
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
ACTORS	Cold Eyes	Acts of Worship	03:24
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love	Reanimated	03:20
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Spoons	The First & Last Time	New Day New World	04:54
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
The Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Spoons	Through the Hazy	Vertigo Tango	04:04
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Spoons	Breaking In	Static In Transmission	04:34
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Modernes Pickles	Vitamin K	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:49
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:42
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Spoons	Unpremeditated Love	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:49
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
The Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Bleu Néon	Survivance	Cité Promise	08:24
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
ACTORS	Left On Read	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:20
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Modernes Pickles	Savage Heels	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:30
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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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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