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
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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