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
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Modernes Pickles	Secret Life of Achmed	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:27
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	04:49
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Spoons	Show & Tell	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:31
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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