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
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Demars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Tele-Tetes	02:54
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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