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
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
Maurice & The Clichés	Skyline	C'est la vie	03:49
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Blue Oil	Sardine City	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Modernes Pickles	I Left my Heart in Charlesbourg	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	05:20
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37

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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