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
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Demars	Déchéance	Les Tele-Tetes	03:41
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50

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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