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
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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