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
The Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
The Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11

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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