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
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Channel 5	Record Go Round	ST (EP)	02:40
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
The Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Tim Ray	Run On (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:08
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Klō	Fun	Fun b/w Weirdo	04:53
Spoons	Game Above Your Head	Vertigo Tango	03:51
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Tim Ray	Mondo Cane (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	04:44
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
The Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Maurice & The Clichés	Reach for the Top	C'est la vie	03:07
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Maurice & The Clichés	Working Girls	C'est la vie	03:44
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Maurice & The Clichés	C'est la vie	C'est la vie	03:15
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

FEATURED

Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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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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