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
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Spoons	Beautiful Trap	New Day New World	04:45
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Spoons	Breaking In	Static In Transmission	04:34
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
The Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	C'est la vie	03:49
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Blue Oil	Unwind	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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