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
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:19
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Theo Vandenhoff	Fear Immortal	Collected EPs	06:03
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Maurice & The Clichés	Show Me a Love	Veronika	03:00
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
Strange Advance	She Controls Me	Worlds Away	02:59
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Theo Vandenhoff	Heartache Is An Empty Room	Heartache Is An Empty Room	04:09
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
ACTORS	L'appel du vide	It Will Come to You	03:34
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Maurice & The Clichés	Mystery Member - Mr. Remember	ST	02:56
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Break My Heart Tomorrow	Blimkie	03:11
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
Theo Vandenhoff	Tenement	Tenement	03:01
FM109	S.O.S.	ST	03:54
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Theo Vandenhoff	Saviour On The Spilled Blood	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:28
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Bumpers	Media Music	EP	02:28
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Theo Vandenhoff	Undertones	Heartache Is An Empty Room	04:43
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Mettle	Emotional Desert	ST	05:17
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Sandro Durante	All That Magic	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic	01:57
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Ceramic Hello	Climatic Nouveaux	The Absence of a Canary	03:57
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Scenics	I'm Sad	New Part In Town	05:04
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
The Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
ACTORS	Left On Read	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:20
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Theo Vandenhoff	Below the Western Steppe	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	05:05
Tau Ceti	Radiation	Radiation b/w Bathed in Dark Light	04:20
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Glamorcult	I Have Nothing To Say To You	The Stone Sessions	04:01
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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