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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Young, John Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Patterns, The	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
I, Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Matheson, Andrew	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Kempf, Rolf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Front, The	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Mavety, Joe & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Harcourt, James	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Young, John Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Young, John Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Faith, Johnny	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Raven, David & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Blinn, Roland	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Russell, Benjamin	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Front, The	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Strange Advance - Worlds Away

Tulpa - Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)

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Golden Calgarians - Savage Love

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Rational Youth - Cold War Nightlife

Rikki & The Rokkits - New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)

Micks - ST (EP)

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Chown, Avril - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

Broken Tables - ST

Bobby and Synthia - thirty-six hours (EP)

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Cottage Industry - The Winter's Tale

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Zhivago, Johnny - Microalbum

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley

45's - On the Beach

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Numbers - Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it

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