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 Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Spoons	Landing Lights	New Day New World	04:29
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
The Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
Spoons	When Time Turns Around	Vertigo Tango	03:40
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown '82	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
The Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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