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
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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