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
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Maurice & The Clichés	Affection at High Speed	ST	04:20
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Domination	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:47
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Klō	No Money	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:38
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
The Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	04:49
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Minutes From Downtown	24 Karat Gold	ST	03:01
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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