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
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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