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
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Suburban Dream	Trance and Dance	03:27
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Moev	In Your Head	Zimmerkampf	04:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:34
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Tim Ray - ST

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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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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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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