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
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)	02:45
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Braineater I	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Braineater I	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Braineater I	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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