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
Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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