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
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Spoons	Show & Tell	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:31
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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