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
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Demars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Tele-Tetes	03:09
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Demars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Tele-Tetes	04:06
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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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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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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