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
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Demars	Déchéance	Les Tele-Tetes	03:41
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

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Cry - ST

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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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