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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
I, Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Champagne, Lou System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Matthews, Scott	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Gabor, BB	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Young, John Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Champagne, Lou System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Demars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Tele-Tetes	02:48
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Strange Advance - Worlds Away

Tulpa - Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)

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Golden Calgarians - Savage Love

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Rational Youth - Cold War Nightlife

Rikki & The Rokkits - New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)

Micks - ST (EP)

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Chown, Avril - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

Broken Tables - ST

Bobby and Synthia - thirty-six hours (EP)

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Cottage Industry - The Winter's Tale

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Zhivago, Johnny - Microalbum

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley

45's - On the Beach

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Numbers - Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it

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