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
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
DeMars	Moonshadow	Songs From Between The Walls	06:28
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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