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
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06

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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