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
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
The Idles	Please Don't Call	The Idles Demo	02:44
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Spoons	Ciao	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	01:35
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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