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
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Compilation	A Carnival Night - Untitled	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:43
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Nasty Habits	Cleopatra	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:27
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Moev	Remembrance Day	Zimmerkampf	05:23
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Trespassing Bean Rays	Eclipse	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	01:24
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't You Think I'm Kiddin' Ya	Spunker	02:51
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Instructions	Wicked Heart	ST	04:02
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Benjamin Russell	Gonna be a Woman Soon	Madman	02:54
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Contradance	She's Got an Eyepiece	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	04:19
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Compilation	Dave Howard Singers - Road Warrior	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	08:01
True Confessions	He's a Liar	ST	03:16
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30

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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