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
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Demars	Déchéance	Les Tele-Tetes	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Demars	Le zaratt express	Les Tele-Tetes	04:11
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38

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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