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
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Braineater I	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Braineater I	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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