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
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46

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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