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
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
NEO A4	The Warmer Side Of You	The Warmer Side of You	04:13
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Barking Boys	Blood Money	The Yes Girls	05:01
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Johnny Faith	Pure Energy	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:55
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Figures At Dawn	It Doesn't Matter	ST	04:31
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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