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	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	ST	02:31
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	C'est la vie	03:49
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Modernes Pickles	We Are the Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:35
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Maurice & The Clichés	Show Me a Love	Veronika	03:00
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
The Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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