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
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Big Dog	Cantina	99 Change Hands	05:19
Spoons	Old Emotions	Talkback	03:42
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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