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	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Prey

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