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
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Maurice & The Clichés	Working Girls	C'est la vie	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Minutes From Downtown	Pushing the Limits of Love	ST	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
The Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Maurice & The Clichés	Please Yourself	ST	01:57
Spoons	When Time Turns Around	Vertigo Tango	03:40
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Spoons	Ciao	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	01:35
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Interview	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	06:10
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Domination	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:47
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Spoons	Unpremeditated Love	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:49
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Vex	DNA	DNA	03:24
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Vex - DNA

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