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
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Klō	Dreaming	Demo 1982	03:54
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Degrees of Freedom	In This Room	China	03:41
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

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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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