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
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Demars	Les télé-têtes	Les Tele-Tetes	04:41
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55

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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