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
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Theo Vandenhoff	Eight Of Swords	Collected EPs	03:02
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Scissors	Don't Call Me Chick	ST	02:17
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Timothy Chipman	Ghost Parade	Ghost Parade	02:25
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
The Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Glamorcult	Dream Girl (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:43
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Spoons	When Time Turns Around	Vertigo Tango	03:40
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
John Young Paul	Have You Seen the Boy in the Gutter with the Broken Mind?	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:10
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Maurice & The Clichés	Knowhere Man	ST	03:23
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
The Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise) - Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	02:56
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Maurice & The Clichés	Mixed Emotions	ST	03:53
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	ST (mini album)	05:27
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Spoons	Sooner or Later	Vertigo Tango	03:44
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Class Info	That Aint No Lie	Inside	02:19
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Villains	Laugh it Out	Go Crazy	03:54
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Tim Ray	Hiding Out (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:03
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Dis Band	Dead Brezhnevs Intro to I'm Not in Love	Gone Dead Out	00:20
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
ACTORS	Killing Time (Is Over)	Acts of Worship	03:16
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Rob Bryanton	Who's Got a Hold of the Wheel?	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:56
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Theo Vandenhoff	Alles Ist Besser	Collected EPs	03:57
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Compilation	Vital Sines - Come and Buy Your Miracle	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:31
Maurice & The Clichés	Veronika	Veronika	03:40
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
ACTORS	Flesh & Bone	Reanimated	03:10
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Andrew Matheson	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Monterey Shoes	03:25

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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