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
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Spoons	The Opening Curtain	Vertigo Tango	04:21
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
ACTORS	It Goes Away	Reanimated	03:46
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Palace at 4 a.m.	Palace at 4 A.M.	Untamed World	01:25
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
ACTORS	Crystal	It Will Come to You	03:40
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Glamorcult	The Journey Ends	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	I Got This Feeling	Blimkie	02:13
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Modernes Pickles	Colors	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:09
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Channel 5	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:19
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Minutes From Downtown	24 Karat Gold	ST	03:01
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Minutes From Downtown	Emotion Under Pressure	Minutes From Downtown '82	04:14
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41

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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