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	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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