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
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Bruce PM	More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:31
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Modernes Pickles	I Left my Heart in Charlesbourg	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	05:20
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Modernes Pickles	Burning Airwaves	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:30
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Maurice & The Clichés	Social Casualties	C'est la vie	02:36
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
ACTORS	Like Suicide	Acts of Worship	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Minutes From Downtown	Emotion Under Pressure	Minutes From Downtown '82	04:14
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
ACTORS	Crosses	It Will Come to You	04:12
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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