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
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Glamorcult	Who Am I	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
The Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Can’t Say I’m Sorry	Blimkie	02:16
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	C'est la vie	03:49
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
The Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Bumpers	Media Music	EP	02:28
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
The Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
ACTORS	Slaves: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:34
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
ACTORS	Let it Grow	It Will Come to You	02:58
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bumpers - EP

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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Ross Angeles - Salute

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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