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
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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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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