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
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Informer	Hold It	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Tenants	Reach Out	Visions of Our Future	03:29
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	04:27
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Compilation	Steve Wood - Black and Whites	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:06
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Glamorcult	Loneliness (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:54
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Rarefaction	Open Up Your Heart	Ordinary Man	04:12
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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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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Tim Ray - ST

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Volts - Plugged In

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