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
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:24
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
The Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Break My Heart Tomorrow	Blimkie	03:11
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Maurice & The Clichés	Every Corner	Veronika	03:45
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Maurice & The Clichés	Knowhere Man	ST	03:23
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Bleu Néon	Néon Blafard	Cité Promise	03:35
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
ACTORS	Object of Desire	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:12
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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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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