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
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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