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
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Cardboard Brains	Ermie Has Feelers	Live At The Edge	05:36
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
The Front	News to You	Underworld	05:11
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:00
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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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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