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
Bobby and Synthia	Video Violence	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:53
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
Generra	Girls in the Hearts	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	04:19
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
Villains	I Don't Care	Go Crazy	03:09
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Open Window	Midnite News	03:33
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
Glamatron	Facial Saviour	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	05:02
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Buddy King & the Motion!	I Didn't Know Her	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Spoons	Walk the Plank	Arias & Symphonies	04:26
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
I Braineater	Future Now	I Here, Where You	03:08
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Kreemers	At The El Mocambo	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09

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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