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
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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