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
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:44
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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