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
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
The Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Modernes Pickles	I'm in Love with the Super Friends	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:42
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
ACTORS	Object of Desire	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:12
Maurice & The Clichés	Top Forty	ST	03:37
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
The Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
The Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
ACTORS	We Don't Have to Dance	It Will Come to You	04:03
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
ACTORS	Mining for Heart	Mining for Heart	02:52
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Spoons	Shaking the Fear	Vertigo Tango	04:16
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Bruce PM	Senility	Makeshift	02:27
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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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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