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
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:31
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Moral Support - Insanity

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Scenics - Underneath the Door

Nex'd - Surreal (EP)

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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