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	Life in Ancient Greece	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:19
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Spoons	Ciao	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	01:35
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
ACTORS	Obsession	Acts of Worship	03:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22

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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