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
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Braineater I	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Compilation	Tulpä - Apologize to Your Mother	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:06
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

FEATURED

The Plugs - Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today

FEATURED

Bunny & the Lakers - Numbers

FEATURED

A Day in Paris - Prey

FEATURED

Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

FEATURED

A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

FEATURED

David Raven & the Escorts - David Raven And The Escorts

FEATURED

Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

FEATURED

Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

FEATURED

Cry - ST

FEATURED

Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

FEATURED

Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

FEATURED

Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

FEATURED

Diodes - Rarities

FEATURED

Diodes - Action-Reaction

FEATURED

Scenics - New Part In Town

FEATURED

Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

FEATURED

Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

FEATURED

Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

FEATURED

4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

FEATURED

Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

FEATURED

Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

FEATURED

Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

FEATURED

Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

FEATURED

Nowhere - No More b/w Living

FEATURED

Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

FEATURED

Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

FEATURED

Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

FEATURED

Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

FEATURED

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

Comments