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
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Demars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Tele-Tetes	02:54
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama aka The White Album

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