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
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
The Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Spoons	Landing Lights	New Day New World	04:29
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Spoons	When Time Turns Around	Vertigo Tango	03:40
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Compilation	Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Buzz Beat	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:12
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Spoons	Show & Tell	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:31
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51

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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