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
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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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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