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
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Figures At Dawn	It Doesn't Matter	ST	04:31
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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