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
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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