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
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37

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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