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	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Braineater I	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)	04:51
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Braineater I	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama aka The White Album

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