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
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Breeding Ground	Turn to Dust	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:20
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15

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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