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
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Demars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Tele-Tetes	04:04
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23

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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