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
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Channel 5	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Rob Bryanton	Livin' On the Edge of the World	Alcohol And Other Drugs	05:10
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Spoons	2,000 Years	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Compilation	Vital Sines - Come and Buy Your Miracle	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:31
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Maja Bannerman	Knock On My Door	Songs by Maja Bannerman	01:56
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Sea Monster	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:03
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
The Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Bleu Néon	Exorcisme	Cité Promise	04:33
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
The Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Channel 5	Breaking Ground	ST (EP)	03:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Maurice & The Clichés	Please Yourself	ST	01:57
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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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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