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
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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