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
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Maurice & The Clichés	Skyline	C'est la vie	03:49
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
ACTORS	Hit to the Head	It Will Come to You	03:14
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Klō	The Parking Lot Song	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:08
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:50
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Felix Bondarev Remix)	Reanimated	04:08
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
ACTORS	Death from Above	Acts of Worship	03:32
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
The Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
ACTORS	Stimulation	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:15
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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