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
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Jon Mullane - Following Yesterday

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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Entrance System - Imperfect Image

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Shock Culture - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Tame & Talking - ST

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Vital Sines - Big Dark Dreams

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Vital Sines - Subway Suicide E.P.

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Vital Sines - Collage

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Tim Ray - ST

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Volts - Plugged In

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This Fear - Darkness Shapes Imagination

Tenants - ST

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Compilation - The Circuit

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Moral Support - Insanity

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Scenics - Underneath the Door

Nex'd - Surreal (EP)

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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Neon - ST (EP)

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The Plugs - Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today

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Bunny & the Lakers - Numbers

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A Day in Paris - Prey

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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David Raven & the Escorts - David Raven And The Escorts

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

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Cry - ST

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