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
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Demars	Try... You Can't	Les Tele-Tetes	03:56
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:28
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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