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
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Spoons	Game Above Your Head	Vertigo Tango	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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