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
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Spoons	Camera Shy	Talkback	04:07
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Entrance System	No Relative	Imperfect Image	03:19
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Oui	Pulling Me Closer	Oui	03:45
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Moral Lepers	Suicide	Turn to Stone	02:06
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Figures At Dawn	It Doesn't Matter	ST	04:31
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midway	Midway b/w Thin Lines	06:29
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Glamorcult	She Doesn't Believe In The Magic	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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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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