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
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Demars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Tele-Tetes	03:48
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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