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
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Spoons	Shaking the Fear	Vertigo Tango	04:16
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

FEATURED

DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

FEATURED

DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

FEATURED

The Keys - Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Maja Bannerman - Songs by Maja Bannerman

FEATURED

Blue Oil - Blue Oil (1981-83)

FEATURED

Blue Oil - ST

FEATURED

Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

FEATURED

The Chemicals - Break Time

FEATURED

The Chemicals - Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide

FEATURED

Vex - DNA

FEATURED

Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

FEATURED

Popular Front - Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious

FEATURED

Popular Front - Doomsday Army b/w Puppet

FEATURED

Klō - No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song

FEATURED

Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

FEATURED

Klō - Fun b/w Weirdo

FEATURED

Spoons - Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party

FEATURED

Spoons - New Day New World

FEATURED

Spoons - Static In Transmission

FEATURED

Spoons - Vertigo Tango

FEATURED

Spoons - Bridges Over Borders

FEATURED

Spoons - Talkback

FEATURED

Spoons - Nova Heart b/w Symmetry

FEATURED

Spoons - Arias & Symphonies

FEATURED

Spoons - Stick Figure Neighbourhood

FEATURED

Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

FEATURED

Tim Ray - ST

FEATURED

Voice - Anno Di Voce

FEATURED

Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

FEATURED

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

Comments