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
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
The Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Spoons	Unpremeditated Love	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:49
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Bruce PM	Senility	Makeshift	02:27

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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