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
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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