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
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:58
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Klō	Fun	Fun b/w Weirdo	04:53
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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