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
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Jon Mullane - Following Yesterday

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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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