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
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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