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
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19

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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