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
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Spoons	Paint by Number Day	New Day New World	04:34
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Sea Monster	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:03
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Modernes Pickles	Brothurs	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:17
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00

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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