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
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)	02:40
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Braineater I	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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

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