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
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Palace at 4 a.m.	Palace at 4 A.M.	Untamed World	01:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Songs From Between The Walls	04:39
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34

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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