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
Escalators	Wooly Bully	ST	03:58
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Cottage Industry	Things Go Up	The Winter's Tale	03:34
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Einstein	Man-Child	Sex and Science	03:38
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Red Herring	Maturity	Taste Tests	04:23
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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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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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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