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
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Glamorcult	Where is the Love	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:53
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
The Idles	Foreign Son	The Idles Demo	03:53
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
ACTORS	XYX	Reanimated	03:44
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Modernes Pickles	Strawberry Slush	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
ACTORS	Death from Above	Acts of Worship	03:32
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:13
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
ACTORS	Jacknife	Reanimated	04:24
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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Ross Angeles - Salute

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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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