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
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Tim Ray	Cliche (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:16
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Klō	No Money	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:38
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
The Idles	Foreign Son	The Idles Demo	03:53
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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