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
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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