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
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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