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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Russell, Benjamin	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Front, The	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Scene, The (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Front, The	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Meadmore, Glen	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Play, The	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Meadmore, Glen	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Champagne, Lou System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
I, Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

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Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Vital Sines - Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)

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Harcourt, James - Emotional Blackmail

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Extras - Bit Parts

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

Catherine - Operating System b/w Operating System

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

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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Odd Man Out - Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)

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

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

IQ - Burn Me b/w Sixth World

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Government - How Many Fingers?

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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

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

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Channel Five - ST (EP)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Tyro - A Little More Time (EP)

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Land of Giants - Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks

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