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
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Bleu Néon	Exorcisme	Cité Promise	04:33
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
ACTORS	Crystal	It Will Come to You	03:40
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Channel 5	Breaking Ground	ST (EP)	03:23
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Spoons	Show & Tell	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:31
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
ACTORS	Cold Eyes	Acts of Worship	03:24
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:45
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:24
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
ACTORS	Left On Read	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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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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