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
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Braineater I	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Braineater I	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Braineater I	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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