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
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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A Day in Paris - Prey

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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David Raven & the Escorts - David Raven And The Escorts

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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