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
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Braineater I	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Braineater I	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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