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
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower and the Hippies	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:48
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Sandro Durante	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart)	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic	02:27
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Bumpers	Log 1	EP	04:44
Modernes Pickles	Secret Life of Achmed	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:27
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
The Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Drama	Jungle Chant	Loneliness	03:28
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
The Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Bruce PM	Senility	Makeshift	02:27
David Raven & the Escorts	Somethin' in Our Way	David Raven And The Escorts	04:25
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
NEO A4	Standing	ST	03:50
Dada	If I'm Blind	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:46
James G. Thompson	Cruel Heart	Hand In Hand	03:40
Glamorcult	Follow the Shadow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Modernes Pickles	Juvenile Jungle	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:26
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Rob Bryanton	Livin' On the Edge of the World	Alcohol And Other Drugs	05:10
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Moral Support	Strange Day for Dancing	Insanity	03:21
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
The Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Theo Vandenhoff	I Wish I Was a Painter	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	07:01
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
The Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
ACTORS	How Deep is the Hole	Reanimated	04:00
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
The Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
The Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise) - Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	02:56
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
The Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Sound FX	Julie's Jewelry	Sound FX	03:39
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Compilation	Voodoo - Stormy Eyes	Toronto Calling	04:34
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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James G. Thompson - Hand In Hand

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Sandro Durante - Durante

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

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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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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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