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
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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