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
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Midway b/w Thin Lines	04:07
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
ACTORS	Like U Want 2	Reanimated	03:40
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	You Can´t Hold Me Anymore	You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube	03:33
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
ACTORS	Mining for Heart	Mining for Heart	02:52
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Felix Bondarev Remix)	Reanimated	04:08
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Glamorcult	Keep On Dreaming	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:31
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Spoons	Young English Gentleman	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:35
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Just Like Me	Blimkie	02:16
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Ross Angeles - Salute

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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