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
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Tim Ray	Mondo Cane (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	04:44
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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