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
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Demars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Tele-Tetes	04:54
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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