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
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Demars	Les enfants dans la lune	Les Tele-Tetes	02:54
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Demars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Tele-Tetes	03:48
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Demars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Tele-Tetes	03:09
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Drama	God Is a Machine	Loneliness	02:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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