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
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Vex	DNA	DNA	03:24
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Spoons	Numb	Static In Transmission	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Spoons	Young English Gentleman	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:35
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Modernes Pickles	Savage Heels	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:30
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57

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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