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
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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