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
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
The Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1981	04:01
Tim Ray	Walkin' the Tree (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
The Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1982	03:38
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Modernes Pickles	Brothurs	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:17
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
The Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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