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
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Klō - Demo 1981

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Demo 1982

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

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Hush - Replay

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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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