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	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
ACTORS	How Deep is the Hole	Reanimated	04:00
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Tim Ray	Walkin' the Tree (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Maurice & The Clichés	Every Corner	Veronika	03:45
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Spoons	Breaking In	Static In Transmission	04:34
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Maurice & The Clichés	Working Girls	C'est la vie	03:44
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Spoons	Through the Hazy	Vertigo Tango	04:04
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Maurice & The Clichés	Mystery Member - Mr. Remember	ST	02:56
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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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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