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
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Age of Mirrors	Glass and Crystal Lives	Screenplay	04:16
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Erect	There Goes My Baby	Consequence of Life	03:45
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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