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
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Demars	Les télé-têtes	Les Tele-Tetes	04:41
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51

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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