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
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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