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
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Demars	Try... You Can't	Les Tele-Tetes	03:56
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

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Cry - ST

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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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