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
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Tim Ray	No Emotion (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:42
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Modernes Pickles	Bonjour de Bob	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:01
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25

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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