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
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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