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
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Boys Brigade	Exodus	ST	03:45
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Spoons	Game Above Your Head	Vertigo Tango	03:51
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Spoons	Spaces	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:12
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18

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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