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
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Tim Ray	Cliche (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:16
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Spoons	Waterline	Vertigo Tango	05:02
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

FEATURED

Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

FEATURED

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

FEATURED

Maurice & The Clichés - ST

FEATURED

Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

FEATURED

Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

FEATURED

Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

FEATURED

Minutes From Downtown - ST

FEATURED

Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

FEATURED

Joe Naylor - I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights

FEATURED

Modernes Pickles - Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985

FEATURED

Modernes Pickles - We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White

FEATURED

Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

FEATURED

Rob Bryanton - Alcohol And Other Drugs

FEATURED

DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

FEATURED

DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

FEATURED

The Keys - Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Maja Bannerman - Songs by Maja Bannerman

FEATURED

Blue Oil - Blue Oil (1981-83)

FEATURED

Blue Oil - ST

FEATURED

The Chemicals - Break Time

FEATURED

The Chemicals - Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide

FEATURED

Vex - DNA

FEATURED

Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

FEATURED

Popular Front - Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious

FEATURED

Popular Front - Doomsday Army b/w Puppet

FEATURED

Klō - No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song

FEATURED

Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

FEATURED

Klō - Fun b/w Weirdo

FEATURED

Spoons - Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party

FEATURED

Spoons - New Day New World

Comments