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
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Drastic Measures	I Feel Bad	ST	02:04
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Vital Sines	Ice Statue	Collage	04:41
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Philip Rambow	Beyond the Naked & the Dead	Jungle Law	03:11
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
The Scene (2)	Gardens of Babylon	Only in Paradise	04:56
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Interview	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	06:10
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Age of Mirrors	This Double Life	Screenplay	03:43
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:23
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Love at First Sight	The Circuit	02:36
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Modernettes	New Society	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:30
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Age of Mirrors	The Day the Earth Stands Still - Breathless	Mirage	05:44
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03

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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