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
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42

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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