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
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19

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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