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
Modernes Pickles	Juvenile Jungle	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:26
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Spoons	Sooner or Later	Vertigo Tango	03:44
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Bruce PM	More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:31
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
The Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Humans Remix)	Reanimated	04:32
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Modernes Pickles	We Are the Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:35
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
The Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
The Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33

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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