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
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Compilation	The Dave Howard Singers - They Come They Go	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:33
Compilation	Deadlines - I'm You	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:03
Modernes Pickles	Garbage	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:04
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:58
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
The Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Spoons	Show & Tell	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:31
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01

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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