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
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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DeMars - Songs From Between The Walls

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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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