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
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	Soft Core	03:49
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
The Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Maurice & The Clichés	Please Yourself	ST	01:57
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:45
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Modernes Pickles	Vitamin K	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:49
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Bleu Néon	Néon Blafard	Cité Promise	03:35
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33

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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