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
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59

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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