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
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
True Confessions	7-11 Heaven	ST	02:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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