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
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Spoons	Numb	Static In Transmission	03:50
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11

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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