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
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Modernes Pickles	I'm in Love with the Super Friends	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Modernes Pickles	Is That Everything	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:34
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Modernes Pickles	Sweet Jenny	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:07
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
The Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:55
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
The Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Spoons	Through the Hazy	Vertigo Tango	04:04
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Tim Ray	No Emotion (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:42
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Spoons - Static In Transmission

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