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
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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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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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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