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
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Demars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Tele-Tetes	04:04
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Demars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Tele-Tetes	04:01
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

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Cry - ST

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