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
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07

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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