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
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Demars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Tele-Tetes	04:06
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama aka The White Album

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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