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
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Blue Oil	Sardine City	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:49
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Modernes Pickles	Life in Ancient Greece	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:19
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:55
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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