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
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Minutes From Downtown	Heaven Street	ST	04:35
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Spoons	Waterline	Vertigo Tango	05:02
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Popular Front	Puppet Man	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Rob Bryanton	Courage	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:34
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Modernes Pickles	Night Worker	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:15
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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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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