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
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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