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
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
The Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Bleu Néon	Survivance	Cité Promise	08:24
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Minutes From Downtown	Emotion Under Pressure	Minutes From Downtown '82	04:14
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	04:49
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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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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