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
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57

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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