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
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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