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
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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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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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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