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
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Interview	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	06:10
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Modernes Pickles	Night Worker	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:15
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Tim Ray	No Emotion (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:42
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Tim Ray	Now What Was That! (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:59
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Spoons - Static In Transmission

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