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
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Taro	The Line Is Fine	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:21
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Scenics	O Boy	Underneath the Door	01:58
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43

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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