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
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Breeding Ground	Wintergarden	Wintergarden (EP)	04:20
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Bunny & the Lakers	Maid in Sweden	Numbers	04:01
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Lawn	Peace in the Valley	Peace in the Valley	03:37
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Breeding Ground - Reunion // Slaughter

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Breeding Ground - Wintergarden (EP)

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Nowhere - No More b/w Living

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midway b/w Thin Lines

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - I Fear What I Might Hear

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Ohama aka The White Album

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.

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Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) - Midnite News

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