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
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Demars	Les télé-têtes	Les Tele-Tetes	04:41
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Demars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Tele-Tetes	03:48
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37

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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