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
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02

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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