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
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Rob Bryanton	Courage	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:34
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Compilation	Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Buzz Beat	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:12
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1982	03:38
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Spoons	Words Will Smash Walls	Static In Transmission	04:29
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31

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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