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
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Domination	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:47
Tim Ray	Hiding Out (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:03
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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 - History Lessons 1978-1984

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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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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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