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
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54

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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