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
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31

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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