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
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Rex Chainbelt	Disco	Foreign Movie	00:46
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Lawn	Rites	Peace in the Valley	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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