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
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Hunger Project	Imitation of Life	Demo 1982	06:24
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Roland Blinn	Tense	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	02:27
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Austra	The Noise	Feel it Break	03:31
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
NEO A4	Understand	ST	04:01
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Glen Meadmore	Do Me Baby	Chicken & Biscuits	05:01
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Ceramic Hello	Geometry	The Absence of a Canary	07:25
Glamorcult	Images of Monlight	Early Glamour	04:19
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
100 Flowers	Rooftops	21st Guessing	03:25
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Our Sir Francis to the Sea - ST

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Tame & Talking - ST

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