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
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

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Cry - ST

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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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