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
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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