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
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
UJ3RK5	Name Pavlov Ring Bell	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:28
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Deserters	Present Life	ST	03:21
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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A Day in Paris - Rhymes On Vinyl

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David Raven & the Escorts - David Raven And The Escorts

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