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
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20

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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