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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Meadmore, Glen	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Front, The	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Mavety, Joe & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
I, Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
I, Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Zhivago, Johnny	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Play, The	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Front, The	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Chown, Avril	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Young, John Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
I, Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Scene, The (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Front, The	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Strange Advance - Worlds Away

Tulpa - Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)

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Golden Calgarians - Savage Love

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Rational Youth - Cold War Nightlife

Rikki & The Rokkits - New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)

Micks - ST (EP)

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Chown, Avril - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

Broken Tables - ST

Bobby and Synthia - thirty-six hours (EP)

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Cottage Industry - The Winter's Tale

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Zhivago, Johnny - Microalbum

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley

45's - On the Beach

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Numbers - Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it

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