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
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Maurice & The Clichés	Top Forty	ST	03:37
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Modernes Pickles	Burning Airwaves	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:30
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Spoons	Escape With You	Static In Transmission	04:21
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56

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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