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
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26

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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