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
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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