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
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Demars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Tele-Tetes	03:09
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Braineater I	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Moral Support - Insanity

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Scenics - Underneath the Door

Nex'd - Surreal (EP)

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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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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