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
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Spoons	Shaking the Fear	Vertigo Tango	04:16
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Spoons	Escape With You	Static In Transmission	04:21
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Minutes From Downtown	Pushing the Limits of Love	ST	03:14
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46

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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