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
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Spoons - New Day New World

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Spoons - Static In Transmission

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Spoons - Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party

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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 - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Tim Ray - ST

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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