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
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Demars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Tele-Tetes	04:54
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Braineater I	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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