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
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Fictions	Fixation	ST	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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