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
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Modernes Pickles	Chocolate Lady	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Maurice & The Clichés	Every Corner	Veronika	03:45
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	Soft Core	03:49
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:13
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Maurice & The Clichés	Veronika	Veronika	03:40
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Spoons	2,000 Years	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
The Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
The Idles	Please Don't Call	The Idles Demo	02:44
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
The Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23

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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