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
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)	02:45
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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