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
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Demars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Tele-Tetes	03:09
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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