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
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46

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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