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
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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