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
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Blue Oil	No Disturbing Call	ST	02:51
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Klō	Fun	Fun b/w Weirdo	04:53
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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