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
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
ACTORS	Forever	Reanimated	03:34
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:50
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:26
Spoons	Spaces	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:12
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
ACTORS	CTRL	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:15
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Klō	Dreaming	Demo 1982	03:54
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28

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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