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
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Maja Bannerman	Knock On My Door	Songs by Maja Bannerman	01:56
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Rob Bryanton	Who's Got a Hold of the Wheel?	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:56
Bleu Néon	Survivance	Cité Promise	08:24
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Maurice & The Clichés	Affection at High Speed	ST	04:20
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Spoons	Waterline	Vertigo Tango	05:02
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Spoons	Landing Lights	New Day New World	04:29
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass	It Will Come to You	03:36
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Compilation	Vital Sines - Come and Buy Your Miracle	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Spoons	Words Will Smash Walls	Static In Transmission	04:29
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Popular Front	Flipside	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:57
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41

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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