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
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Spoons	Escape With You	Static In Transmission	04:21
The Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Blue Oil	Innocent Boys	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:45
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Blue Oil	Sardine City	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:49
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
ACTORS	Dead Inside	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:29
Modernes Pickles	Is That Everything	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:34
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1981	04:01
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1982	03:38
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Modernes Pickles	Secret Life of Achmed	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:27
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Klō	Fun	Fun b/w Weirdo	04:53
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Modernes Pickles	Forest Fires	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
ACTORS	Killing Time (Is Over)	Acts of Worship	03:16
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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