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
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
DeMars	Out of Sight	Songs From Between The Walls	05:25
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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