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
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Modernes Pickles	We Are the Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:35
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Blue Oil	I Blow You a Kiss	ST	02:36
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Modernes Pickles	Bonjour de Bob	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:01
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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