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
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Salty Seamen	One Chance Left	In The Groove At Last	02:33
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Tribal Earth	Interaction - Reaction	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	05:49
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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