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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Angeles, Ross	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Front, The	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Play, The	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Matheson, Andrew	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Bryanton, Rob	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Edge, The	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Front, The	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Bell, John and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Front, The	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
I, Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Lutz, John T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Bryanton, Rob	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Strange Advance - Worlds Away

Tulpa - Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)

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Golden Calgarians - Savage Love

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Rational Youth - Cold War Nightlife

Rikki & The Rokkits - New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)

Micks - ST (EP)

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Chown, Avril - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

Broken Tables - ST

Bobby and Synthia - thirty-six hours (EP)

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Cottage Industry - The Winter's Tale

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Zhivago, Johnny - Microalbum

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley

45's - On the Beach

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Numbers - Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it

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