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
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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