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
Braineater I	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Braineater I	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Demars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Tele-Tetes	04:06
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama aka The White Album

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