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
Cannon Heath Down	Julia Rainbow	Heart-Throb Companion	04:31
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
DeMars	Out of Sight	Stories from between the Walls	05:25
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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A Day in Paris - Prey

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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