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
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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