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
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Tim Ray	Mondo Cane (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	04:44
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Tim Ray	Cliche (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:16
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
The Idles	Please Don't Call	The Idles Demo	02:44
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Spoons	The First & Last Time	New Day New World	04:54
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Spoons	Landing Lights	New Day New World	04:29
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Tim Ray	D-Scratch (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:04
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Joe Naylor - I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights

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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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