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
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Blue Oil	No Disturbing Call	ST	02:51
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18

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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