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
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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