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
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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