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
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07

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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