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
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59
Bruce PM	More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:31
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Tim Ray	1/4 to Eight (October, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:40
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
The Idles	Please Don't Call	The Idles Demo	02:44
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Within Gothic Towers	Fanfare To Flight	Within Gothic Towers	04:48
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Tim Ray	Now What Was That! (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:59
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Tim Ray - ST

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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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