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
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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