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
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Palace at 4 a.m.	Palace at 4 A.M.	Untamed World	01:25
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32

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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