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
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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