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
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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