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
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Chemicals	Out of My Mind	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	03:11
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Compilation	Jenerentola - Lagata (Jenerentola)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:32
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59

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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