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
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Spoons	Words Will Smash Walls	Static In Transmission	04:29
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Spoons - Arias & Symphonies

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Spoons - Stick Figure Neighbourhood

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Tim Ray - ST

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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