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
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Compilation	Deadlines - I'm You	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:03
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Spoons	Landing Lights	New Day New World	04:29
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Hunger Project	Imitation of Life	Demo 1982	06:24
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Blue Oil	Unwind	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:35
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32

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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