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
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Demars	Les télé-têtes	Les Tele-Tetes	04:41
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10

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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