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
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:15
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	04:49
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
John Young Paul	Is That Why?	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:07
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Scenics	Jonathan Richman	New Part In Town	03:18
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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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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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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