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
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Martha And The Muffins	Indecision	Metro Music	04:23
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
K	A Thousand Years	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	04:13
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Scott Matthews	Boats in Rivers	Boats in Rivers	04:50
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Rolf Kempf	Bye Bye Baby	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:36
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings Feel	Ohama aka The White Album	02:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Compilation	Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Buzz Beat	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:12
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31

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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