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
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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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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