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
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

FEATURED

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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