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
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
DeMars	Out of Sight	Songs From Between The Walls	05:25
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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