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
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
The Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Spoons	Words Will Smash Walls	Static In Transmission	04:29
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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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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