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
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Palace at 4 a.m.	Palace at 4 A.M.	Untamed World	01:25
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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