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
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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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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