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
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Spoons	Paint by Number Day	New Day New World	04:34
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Spoons	2,000 Years	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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