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
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Glamorcult	The Encore	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:04
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
ACTORS	Dead Inside	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:29
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
The Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Tim Ray	Hiding Out (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:03
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
The Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Klō	No Money	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:38
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
The Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Steve Blimkie and the Reason - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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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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