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
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Tim Ray	Dying in Brooklyn (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:40
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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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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