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
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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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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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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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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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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