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
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Interview	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	06:10
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Spoons	Paint by Number Day	New Day New World	04:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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 - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Tim Ray - ST

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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