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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Blinn, Roland	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Front, The	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
I, Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Play, The	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Russell, Benjamin	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Demars	Try... You Can't	Les Tele-Tetes	03:56
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Champagne, Lou System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
I, Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Matheson, Andrew	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Play, The	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Chown, Avril	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Bryanton, Rob	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Strange Advance - Worlds Away

Tulpa - Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)

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Golden Calgarians - Savage Love

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Rational Youth - Cold War Nightlife

Rikki & The Rokkits - New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)

Micks - ST (EP)

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Chown, Avril - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

Broken Tables - ST

Bobby and Synthia - thirty-six hours (EP)

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Cottage Industry - The Winter's Tale

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Zhivago, Johnny - Microalbum

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley

45's - On the Beach

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Numbers - Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it

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