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	Teresa	Madman	04:15
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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