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
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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