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	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Bruce PM	More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:31
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34

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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