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
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Modernes Pickles	Secret Life of Achmed	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:27
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Sea Monster	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:03
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Modernes Pickles	Forest Fires	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Maurice & The Clichés	Good Bye Mr. Bond	ST	03:52
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
The Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
The Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Minutes From Downtown	I Wish I Had Stayed	ST	03:03
Bleu Néon	Survivance	Cité Promise	08:24
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
The Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Modernes Pickles	Strawberry Slush	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15

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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