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
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
DeMars	Out of Sight	Stories from between the Walls	05:25
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:45
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Spoons	Spaces	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:12
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Klō	Dreaming	Demo 1982	03:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40

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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