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
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Rob Bryanton	Livin' On the Edge of the World	Alcohol And Other Drugs	05:10
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15

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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