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
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Counterclockwise (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:30
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Demars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Tele-Tetes	04:54
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Demars	Les télé-têtes	Les Tele-Tetes	04:41
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer Of ’85	A Neon Rome	03:17
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	A Neon Rome	05:20
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	This is the Ice Age	This Is The Ice Age	07:34
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide/ Erik the Generik b/w Sex & Babies (picture sleeve)	02:40
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Demars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Tele-Tetes	03:09
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Nex'd	Flexible	Surreal (EP)	06:21
Low Fun	The New Dictator	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	05:01
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Scenics - Underneath the Door

Nex'd - Surreal (EP)

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Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

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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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Second Thoughts - Integrity b/w Wound Up

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Regulators - What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)

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Diodes - Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981

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Diodes - Rarities

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Diodes - Action-Reaction

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Scenics - New Part In Town

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Dancespeak - Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)

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Bangkok - Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own

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Cardboard Brains - Live At The Edge

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4th Floor - Black & White b/w Follow in Stride

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Breeding Ground - Obscurity And Flair

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Breeding Ground - Tales of Adventure (EP)

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