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
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33

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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