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
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:29
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Glen Meadmore	Just a Girl	Chicken & Biscuits	05:57
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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