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
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Null Set	Etude for Triggered Wah	New Job (EP)	05:02
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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