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
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20

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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