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
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Russell, Benjamin	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Gabor, BB	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Bryanton, Rob	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
I, Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Young, John Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Chipman, Timothy	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Young, John Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Russell, Benjamin	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Kempf, Rolf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
End, The	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Young, John Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Blinn, Roland	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41

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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