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
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Songs From Between The Walls	03:35
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41

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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