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
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Tim Ray	Hate (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:22
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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