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
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Prey

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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