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
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Braineater I	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Compilation	Arrows - Come On Up	Toronto Calling	02:57
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Glamorcult	Dream Girl to Me	Early Glamour	03:28
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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

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

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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