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
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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