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
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25

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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