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
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Demars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Tele-Tetes	03:48
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Braineater I	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Braineater I	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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