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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Matheson, Andrew	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Edge, The	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Front, The	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Faith, Johnny	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Front, The	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
I, Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
King, Buddy & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Vox, The	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Demars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Tele-Tetes	02:54
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Zhivago, Johnny	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
I, Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Meadmore, Glen	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Front, The	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Strange Advance - Worlds Away

Tulpa - Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)

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Golden Calgarians - Savage Love

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Rational Youth - Cold War Nightlife

Rikki & The Rokkits - New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)

Micks - ST (EP)

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Chown, Avril - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

Broken Tables - ST

Bobby and Synthia - thirty-six hours (EP)

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Cottage Industry - The Winter's Tale

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Zhivago, Johnny - Microalbum

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley

45's - On the Beach

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Numbers - Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it

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