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
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
DeMars	Out of Sight	Songs From Between The Walls	05:25
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Songs From Between The Walls	04:39
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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