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
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06

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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