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
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
The Idles	Heat Up	The Idles Demo	02:58
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
The Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
ACTORS	Like U Want 2	Reanimated	03:40
The Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Minutes From Downtown	Emotion Under Pressure	Minutes From Downtown '82	04:14
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Modernes Pickles	Burning Airwaves	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:30
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
ACTORS	L'appel du vide: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:34
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Glamorcult	The Light	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:49
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Compilation	Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Buzz Beat	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:12
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bumpers - EP

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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Ross Angeles - Salute

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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