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
Demars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Tele-Tetes	02:48
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Braineater I	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Braineater I	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama aka The White Album

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