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
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36

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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