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
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Braineater I	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)	02:45
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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