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
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16

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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