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
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Rave Revues	Self Inflicted Wounds	Voices	03:06
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Kings	Run Shoes Running	Are Here	02:34
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

FEATURED

Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

FEATURED

Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

FEATURED

Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

FEATURED

Kultur - Kultur

FEATURED

The Idles - The Idles Demo

FEATURED

Hunger Project - Demo 1982

FEATURED

Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - ST

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

FEATURED

Voice - Anno Di Voce

FEATURED

Bruce PM - Makeshift

FEATURED

Klō - Demo 1981

FEATURED

Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

FEATURED

Klō - Demo 1982

FEATURED

Beach Punks - She Got Body Talk

FEATURED

Hush - Replay

FEATURED

Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

The Scene (2) - Only in Paradise

FEATURED

DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

FEATURED

DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

FEATURED

Compilation - Music Industry Arts 1983

FEATURED

Jon Mullane - Following Yesterday

FEATURED

Awake The Echoes - Normal Life

FEATURED

No Comment - Wondering b/w Honesty

FEATURED

Entrance System - Imperfect Image

FEATURED

Shock Culture - ST (EP)

FEATURED

Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

FEATURED

Tame & Talking - ST

Comments