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
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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