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
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Space and Time	04:26
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Family Plot	Swagger	Convictions	03:12
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Eight Seconds	Happy Endings	Big Houses	03:46
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
DeMars	Out of Sight	Stories from between the Walls	05:25
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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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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