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	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Spoons	New Day New World	New Day New World	03:32
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Joe Naylor - I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights

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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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