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
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
ACTORS	Youth	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
ACTORS	How Deep is the Hole	Reanimated	04:00
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
The Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Spoons	Unpremeditated Love	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:49
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:42
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
The Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Maurice & The Clichés	Affection at High Speed	ST	04:20
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Palace at 4 a.m.	Palace at 4 A.M.	Untamed World	01:25
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Popular Front	Flipside	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:57
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
ACTORS	Slaves: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:34
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:24
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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