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
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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