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
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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