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
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Spoons	Breaking In	Static In Transmission	04:34
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
The Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Modernes Pickles	Juvenile Jungle	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:26
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Boys Brigade	Exodus	ST	03:45
Maurice & The Clichés	Affection at High Speed	ST	04:20
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:55
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Maurice & The Clichés	Good Bye Mr. Bond	ST	03:52
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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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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