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
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Modernes Pickles	Teenage Dropout	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:20
Klō	Fun	Fun b/w Weirdo	04:53
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Compilation	Vital Sines - Come and Buy Your Miracle	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:31
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Minutes From Downtown	Wrapped in Velvet	ST	03:16
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
The Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
The Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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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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