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
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
This Fear	Look Along The Edge	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:38
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Cannon Heath Down	A Charming Sound	Heart-Throb Companion	04:25
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Hunger Project	Imitation of Life	Demo 1982	06:24
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Dream Child	Heaven Knows	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:54
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Bunny & the Lakers	Oops On Parade	Numbers	01:30
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Ceramic Hello	M - EX	The Absence of a Canary	00:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Government	Following You	Electric Eye	02:07
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Vital Sines	Fear of the Cold	Big Dark Dreams	03:41
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15

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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