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
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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