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
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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