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
Modernes Pickles	Strawberry Slush	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Modernes Pickles	Destination	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:04
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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