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
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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