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
Pukka Orchestra	Knocking On Open Doors	The Palace Of Memeory	03:56
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Maurice & The Clichés	Knowhere Man	ST	03:23
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
James Harcourt	It's a Matter of Time	Emotional Blackmail	02:24
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Corsage	Myself and You (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:00
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Space Invaders	Cheer Up	ST (EP)	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Glamorcult	A Dream Girl To Me	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:23
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Tim Ray	No Emotion (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:42
ACTORS	Dead Inside	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:29
Theo Vandenhoff	What's In A Name?	Heartache Is An Empty Room	03:08
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Billy Butt & The Brats	Surveillance	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	03:21
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Psyche	The Outsider	Mystery Hotel	04:27
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
Zipper	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll)	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:59
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
Klō	No Money	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:38
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Deserters	Protection	ST	03:20
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Glamorcult	Keep On Dreaming	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:31
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
ACTORS	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	02:52
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	04:49
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Humans Remix)	Reanimated	04:32
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
The Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Glass Apple Bonzai	Love & Hatred in MegaWave City (Original Draft Instrumental)	Love & Hatred in MegaWave City	03:13
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:57
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	07:10
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16

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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