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
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:50
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Spoons	Young English Gentleman	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:35
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Spoons	Escape With You	Static In Transmission	04:21
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Blue Oil - Blue Oil (1981-83)

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Blue Oil - ST

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Spoons - Arias & Symphonies

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Spoons - Stick Figure Neighbourhood

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Tim Ray - ST

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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