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	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Demars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Tele-Tetes	03:09
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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