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
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Braineater I	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Braineater I	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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