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
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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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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