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
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Age of Mirrors	She Says Hello	Mirage	04:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Diodes	Heat or the Beat	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:38
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Volts	Words on the Wind	Plugged In	02:48
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Leavin' Tonite	No Pedestrians	02:05
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Diodes	Curiousity Girl	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:52
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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