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
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Spoons	New Day New World	New Day New World	03:32
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Modernes Pickles	Chocolate Lady	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Spoons	2,000 Years	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
ACTORS	Dead Inside	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:29
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
ACTORS	Slaves	It Will Come to You	03:33
Tim Ray	Walkin' the Tree (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Tim Ray	Cliche (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:16
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
The Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Minutes From Downtown	Heaven Street	ST	04:35
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
ACTORS	Obsession	Acts of Worship	03:26
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Woodhead Remix)	Reanimated	04:42
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Maurice & The Clichés	Affection at High Speed	ST	04:20
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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