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
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
Modernes Pickles	We Are the Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:35
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Maja Bannerman	Knock On My Door	Songs by Maja Bannerman	01:56
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	Soft Core	03:49
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
The Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
The Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56

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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