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
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Demars	Déchéance	Les Tele-Tetes	03:41
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Demars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Tele-Tetes	02:48
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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