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
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past (Part 2)	Shadows From The Past	03:19
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30

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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