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
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Hunger Project	Imitation of Life	Demo 1982	06:24
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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