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
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Demars	Try... You Can't	Les Tele-Tetes	03:56
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Jon Mullane - Following Yesterday

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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Entrance System - Imperfect Image

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Shock Culture - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Tame & Talking - ST

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Vital Sines - Big Dark Dreams

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Vital Sines - Subway Suicide E.P.

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Vital Sines - Collage

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Tim Ray - ST

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Volts - Plugged In

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This Fear - Darkness Shapes Imagination

Tenants - ST

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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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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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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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