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
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
e	Excerpt	Prime Cuts	02:09
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Breeding Ground	Epic	Tales of Adventure (EP)	06:43
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:24
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Oui	You Make Me High	Oui	04:41
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Boys Brigade	Into The Flow	ST	05:15
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Braineater I	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15

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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