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
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Demars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Tele-Tetes	04:01
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Class Info	Come for Me	Inside	02:23
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Austra	Shoot the Water	Feel it Break	03:22
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Men Without Hats	Mothers	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	12:07
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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