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
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
The Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:50
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Blue Oil	Innocent Boys	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:45
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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