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
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Tim Ray	Run On (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:08
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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