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	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Demars	Try... You Can't	Les Tele-Tetes	03:56
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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