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
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58

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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