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
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Scott Matthews	Viewing Nonevents	Boats in Rivers	03:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30

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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