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
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Demars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Tele-Tetes	04:54
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Friendly Fire - Junior Senility EP

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