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
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Figures At Dawn	It Doesn't Matter	ST	04:31
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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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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