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
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
True Confessions	Don't Go to Work on Me	ST	02:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Diodes	Behind Those Eyes (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:42
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Kaméléon	Chanson en "on" (Pour Kaméléon)	ST	03:09
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Braineaters	Modern Man	Planet X	02:15
Velveteens	Moonwork	Tall House (EP)	03:50
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Lou Champagne System	Selling So Sweet	No Visible Means	02:48
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Diodes	Parasite (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	03:17
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Hot Tip	My Shoes	Stop All Motion	03:52
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00

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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