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
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56

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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