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
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Philip Rambow	A Star (In Her Own Right)	Jungle Law	03:31
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Shanghai Lil	Nirvana - Oh What a Night	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:57
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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