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
Modernes Pickles	Destination	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:04
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Dis Band	I'm Tired	Gone Dead Out	03:21
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Dis Band	Gone Dead Out	Gone Dead Out	04:06
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
ACTORS	Jacknife	Reanimated	04:24
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
ACTORS	I'm Not Here	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:32
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned (1986)	Mort en direct	08:59
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	I Got This Feeling	Blimkie	02:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Tin Twist	Stupid Cars	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	01:37
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
The Diodes	City of the Dead	Action-Reaction	04:04
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
ACTORS	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	02:52
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Age of Mirrors	Still Life in Radio	Screenplay	04:09
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Tabby K	Summertime	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:42
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Modernes Pickles	Chocolate Lady	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Spoons	Waterline	Vertigo Tango	05:02
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Blue Oil	From the Heart	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:48
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Maurice & The Clichés	Affection at High Speed	ST	04:20
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Modernes Pickles	Bonjour de Bob	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:01
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Theo Vandenhoff	(Portrait of) Amália Rodrigues	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:13
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:13
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Living End (1)	In Your Dreams	ST	02:48
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Tim Ray	Mondo Cane (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	04:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Glass Apple Bonzai - Love & Hatred in MegaWave City

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Eight Seconds - Big Houses

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Eight Seconds - Almacantar

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Theo Vandenhoff - Saviour on the Spilled Blood

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Theo Vandenhoff - In The Throes Of Love

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Theo Vandenhoff - Heartache Is An Empty Room

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Theo Vandenhoff - Alles Ist Besser

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Theo Vandenhoff - Collected EPs

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Theo Vandenhoff - Tenement

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Sound FX - Sound FX

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Sandro Durante - Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic

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Hypno-Gogo - In Your Eyes b/w Flashing

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Mad Shadows - Music in the Night

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The Modern Minds - Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97

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Bruce PM - Makeshift

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Space Invaders - ST (EP)

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Dis Band - Gone Dead Out

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Compilation - Saskatoon Rocks

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The Government - How Many Fingers?

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The Government - Electric Eye

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The Government - 33 ⅓ RPM E.P.

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Bumpers - EP

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Contradance - Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)

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Ross Angeles - Salute

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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