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
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Motive	It’s Too Late	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:28
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Scissors	Summer Girls	ST	02:18
Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Drastic Measures	The Teddy Bear's Picnic	ST	02:21
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
CosmaNat	Little Things	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	03:45
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Bündock	Never Trust	Société Anonyme	04:59
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Images In Vogue	Foreign Affairs	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:59
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33

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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