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
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Compilation	Vital Sines - Come and Buy Your Miracle	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:31
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Tim Ray	1/4 to Eight (October, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:40
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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