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
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Compilation	Sigi Jonsson - Trying To Find Her	Toronto Calling	02:25
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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