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
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Tim Ray	Walkin' the Tree (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Klō	Weirdo	Fun b/w Weirdo	03:32
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Spoons	Shaking the Fear	Vertigo Tango	04:16
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Tim Ray	No Emotion (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:42
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Spoons	When Time Turns Around	Vertigo Tango	03:40
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Spoons	Landing Lights	New Day New World	04:29
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30

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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