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
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Tim Ray	Hate (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:22
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare to Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Bruce PM	More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:31
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
ACTORS	I'm Not Here	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
ACTORS	Dead Inside	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:29
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Modernes Pickles	Is That Everything	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:34
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Joe Naylor - I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights

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