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
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44

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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