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
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34

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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