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
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
DeMars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Télé-Têtes	02:54
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35

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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