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
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30

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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