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
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Glamorcult	A Price to Paris	A Price To Paris	04:31
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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David Raven & the Escorts - David Raven And The Escorts

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