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
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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