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
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Spoons	Imperfekt	Static In Transmission	04:27
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Compilation	The Dave Howard Singers - They Come They Go	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:33
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Vex	DNA	DNA	03:24
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Tim Ray	Now What Was That! (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:59
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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