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
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
Modernes Pickles	Destination Martin	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:13
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
The Idles	Foreign Son	The Idles Demo	03:53
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Modernes Pickles	Savage Heels	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:30
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Tim Ray	Walkin' the Tree (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Modernes Pickles	Bonjour de Bob	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:01
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Maja Bannerman	Knock On My Door	Songs by Maja Bannerman	01:56
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46

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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