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
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
The Idles	Foreign Son	The Idles Demo	03:53
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23

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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