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
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Demars	Le zaratt express	Les Tele-Tetes	04:11
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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