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
Blue Oil	Innocent Boys	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:45
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Boys Brigade	Exodus	ST	03:45
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
ACTORS	Slaves: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:34
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
The Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
The Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
ACTORS	Flesh & Bone	Reanimated	03:10
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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