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
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
ACTORS	Bird in Hand	It Will Come to You	03:06
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Bruce PM	Senility	Makeshift	02:27
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Bruce PM	More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Slow Waves Remix)	Reanimated	05:04
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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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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