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
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
Blue Oil	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	ST	02:31
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Idles	Please Don't Call	The Idles Demo	02:44
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59

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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