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
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
The Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
The Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
Modernes Pickles	Vitamin K	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:49
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
ACTORS	Cold Eyes	Acts of Worship	03:24
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
The Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
ACTORS	It Goes Away	Reanimated	03:46
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Modernes Pickles	Chocolate Lady	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Maurice & The Clichés	Working Girls	C'est la vie	03:44
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Joe Naylor - I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights

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