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
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Maja Bannerman	Knock On My Door	Songs by Maja Bannerman	01:56
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Maurice & The Clichés	Knowhere Man	ST	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Glamorcult	Amongst the Ruins	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:17
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Tim Ray	Dying in Brooklyn (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:40
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Modernes Pickles	I'm in Love with the Super Friends	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:42
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:31
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Compilation	Revelon - Never My Heart	Saskatoon Rocks	03:14
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
The Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
ACTORS	I'm Not Here	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:32
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare to Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	03:30
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Dis Band	Opening Interview	Gone Dead Out	00:41
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Compilation	Third Party - Living in a Bunker	Saskatoon Rocks	04:08
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
ACTORS	Cold Eyes	Acts of Worship	03:24
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Sound FX - Sound FX

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Sandro Durante - Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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Mad Shadows - Music in the Night

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The Modern Minds - Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Space Invaders - ST (EP)

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Dis Band - Gone Dead Out

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Compilation - Saskatoon Rocks

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The Government - How Many Fingers?

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The Government - Electric Eye

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The Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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Bumpers - EP

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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Ross Angeles - Salute

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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