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
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
The Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Spoons	Sooner or Later	Vertigo Tango	03:44
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
The Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Tim Ray	Hate (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:22
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Spoons	Imperfekt	Static In Transmission	04:27
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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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 - 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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