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
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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