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
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
DeMars	Moonshadow	Songs From Between The Walls	06:28
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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David Raven & the Escorts - David Raven And The Escorts

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