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
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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