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
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Tim Ray	Now What Was That! (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:59
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Klō	No Money	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:38
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Popular Front	Flipside	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:57
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37

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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