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	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	04:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:26
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Modernes Pickles	Brothurs	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:17
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Blue Oil	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	ST	02:31
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Modernes Pickles	Juvenile Jungle	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:26
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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