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
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Demars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Tele-Tetes	04:04
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Demars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Tele-Tetes	03:48
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Demars	Le zaratt express	Les Tele-Tetes	04:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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