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
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Tim Ray	Mondo Cane (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	04:44
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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