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	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Demars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Tele-Tetes	04:06
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Demars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Tele-Tetes	04:04
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44

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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