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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Villains	Boogie Man	Go Crazy	04:24
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Faith, Johnny	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Young, John Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Russell, Benjamin	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Young, John Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Russell, Benjamin	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Russell, Benjamin	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Rambow, Philip	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Chipman, Timothy	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Front, The	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Vox, The	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Bell, John and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Meadmore, Glen	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22

New Wave Post Punk Wave

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Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc

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Bonus Boys - Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time

Gas, The - Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)

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Vital Sines - Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)

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Harcourt, James - Emotional Blackmail

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Extras - Bit Parts

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Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

Catherine - Operating System b/w Operating System

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Zipper - Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls

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Odd Man Out - Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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NEO A4 - ST

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Kinetic Ideals - Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

IQ - Burn Me b/w Sixth World

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Government - How Many Fingers?

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Billy Butt & The Brats - Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No

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End, The - Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)

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Numbers - Add Up

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Golden Calgarians - New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)

Channel Five - ST (EP)

Nevermen - The Monitor LP

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Tabby K - Summertime b/w Wind Or Water

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Tyro - A Little More Time (EP)

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Land of Giants - Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks

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