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
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Cardboard Brains	Babies Run My World	Live At The Edge	02:07
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Kaméléon	Les chats ballerines	ST	03:53
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Martha And The Muffins	Women Around the World at Work	This Is The Ice Age	03:59

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Compilation - The Circuit

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Moral Support - Insanity

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Scenics - Underneath the Door

Nex'd - Surreal (EP)

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Channel Five - ST (EP)

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Electric Mocean - Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)

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