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
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04

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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