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
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Oui	People Talk	Oui	03:50
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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