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
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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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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