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
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:13
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Spoons	Breaking In	Static In Transmission	04:34
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Spoons	Numb	Static In Transmission	03:50
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Spoons	Sooner or Later	Vertigo Tango	03:44
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Compilation	The Dave Howard Singers - They Come They Go	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56

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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