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
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Modernes Pickles	Destination Martin	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:13
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1982	03:38
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Spoons	Shaking the Fear	Vertigo Tango	04:16
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:45
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Modernes Pickles	Forest Fires	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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