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
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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