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
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Spoons	Through the Hazy	Vertigo Tango	04:04
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
The Idles	Foreign Son	The Idles Demo	03:53
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53

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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