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 Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Spoons - Arias & Symphonies

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Spoons - Stick Figure Neighbourhood

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Tim Ray - ST

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