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
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41

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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