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
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Prey

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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