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
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Blue Oil	Unwind	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:35
Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Tim Ray	Hate (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:22
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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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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