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
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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