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
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Modernes Pickles	Strawberry Slush	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
The Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Modernes Pickles	I Left my Heart in Charlesbourg	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	05:20
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Minutes From Downtown	Wrapped in Velvet	ST	03:16
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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