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
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Spoons	Numb	Static In Transmission	03:50
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Rob Bryanton	Who's Got a Hold of the Wheel?	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:56
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Maurice & The Clichés	Good Bye Mr. Bond	ST	03:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Modernes Pickles	Strawberry Slush	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21

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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