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
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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