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
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Compilation	The Dave Howard Singers - They Come They Go	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:33
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
ACTORS	L'appel du vide	It Will Come to You	03:34
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
The Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
The Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Maurice & The Clichés	C'est la vie	C'est la vie	03:15
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47

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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