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
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Tim Ray	Cliche (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:16
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Compilation	The Dave Howard Singers - They Come They Go	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:33
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Modernes Pickles	Possessed in the City	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:28
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39

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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