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
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Figures At Dawn	It Doesn't Matter	ST	04:31
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Wrestlers	Dance of the Drunk	ST	02:37
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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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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