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
Modernes Pickles	Teenage Dropout	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:20
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
ACTORS	Mining for Heart	Mining for Heart	02:52
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Rob Bryanton	Courage	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:34
The Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Boys Brigade	Exodus	ST	03:45
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:58
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Spoons	Spaces	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:12
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Minutes From Downtown	Pushing the Limits of Love	ST	03:14
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	Soft Core	04:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
The Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
The Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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