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
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Modernes Pickles	Possessed in the City	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:28
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Spoons	New Day New World II	New Day New World	02:01
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
ACTORS	Youth	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:17
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11

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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