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
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Sea Monster	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:03
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Minutes From Downtown	I Wish I Had Stayed	ST	03:03
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1982	03:38
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Modernes Pickles	Is That Everything	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:34
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48

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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