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
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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