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
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:42
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Maja Bannerman	Knock On My Door	Songs by Maja Bannerman	01:56
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	It Only Happened Twice	Blimkie	02:20
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Modernes Pickles	Colors	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:09
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:46
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
ACTORS	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	02:52
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got a Reason and You've Got a Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	You Can´t Hold Me Anymore	You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube	03:33
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
The Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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