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
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	C'est la vie	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Maurice & The Clichés	Mystery Member - Mr. Remember	ST	02:56
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Modernes Pickles	Life in Ancient Greece	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:19
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Spoons	Words Will Smash Walls	Static In Transmission	04:29
Maurice & The Clichés	Mixed Emotions	ST	03:53
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
The Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46

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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