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
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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