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
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21

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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