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
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Demars	Déchéance	Les Tele-Tetes	03:41
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Demars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Tele-Tetes	04:06
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16

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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