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
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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David Raven & the Escorts - David Raven And The Escorts

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