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
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Demars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Tele-Tetes	02:48
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04

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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