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
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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