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
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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