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
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Compilation	The Dave Howard Singers - They Come They Go	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:33
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Tim Ray	Cliche (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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