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
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39

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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