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
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
DeMars	Moonshadow	Songs From Between The Walls	06:28
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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