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
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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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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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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