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
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Maurice & The Clichés	Mystery Member - Mr. Remember	ST	02:56
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
ACTORS	It Goes Away	Reanimated	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Blue Oil	No Disturbing Call	ST	02:51
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Tim Ray	Hiding Out (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:03
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
The Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Spoons	Ciao	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	01:35
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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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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