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
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Braineater I	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19

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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