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
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05

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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