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
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
DeMars	Moonshadow	Songs From Between The Walls	06:28
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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