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
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Spoons	Spaces	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:12
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Spoons	Game Above Your Head	Vertigo Tango	03:51
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1982	03:38
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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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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