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
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Prey

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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