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	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20

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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