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
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Songs From Between The Walls	03:35
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
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
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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