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
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Figures At Dawn	It Doesn't Matter	ST	04:31
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42

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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