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
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
The Presence	Mechanoid	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	03:55
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Rave Revues	Have You	Voices	04:01
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Glamorcult	Shadows of Regret	A Price To Paris	03:44
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	Healer (1988)	Mort en direct	06:25
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Lunasam	Redhead	Redhead	03:52
Glamorcult	My Lady	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:02
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Spoons	Nova Heart	Arias & Symphonies	05:46
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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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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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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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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Vital Sines - Big Dark Dreams

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Vital Sines - Subway Suicide E.P.

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Vital Sines - Collage

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Tim Ray - ST

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Volts - Plugged In

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This Fear - Darkness Shapes Imagination

Tenants - ST

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