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
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
The Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1981	04:01
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Minutes From Downtown	Heaven Street	ST	04:35
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	03:30
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
ACTORS	Object of Desire	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:12
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Sons of Nuns Remix)	Reanimated	04:30
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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