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
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00

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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