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
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47

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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