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
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49

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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