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
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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