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
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a T.V. Set	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	05:08
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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