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
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Modernes Pickles	Chocolate Lady	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Modernes Pickles	Vitamin K	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:49
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Compilation	Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Buzz Beat	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:12
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Boys Brigade	Exodus	ST	03:45
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
The Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Maurice & The Clichés	Mystery Member - Mr. Remember	ST	02:56
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Popular Front	Flipside	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:57
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36

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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