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
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Minutes From Downtown	Heaven Street	ST	04:35
Images In Vogue	King's Service	In The House	03:25
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Modernes Pickles	Burning Airwaves	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:30
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Spoons	Bed of Nails	Vertigo Tango	04:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Tenants	Look the Other Way	ST	03:25
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
ACTORS	Youth	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:17
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Vital Sines	Sorry	Big Dark Dreams	04:32
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
ACTORS	CTRL	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:15
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
The Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Compilation	S.S. - Working Girl	No Pedestrians	03:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News III	Midnite News	04:25
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Slow Waves Remix)	Reanimated	05:04
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1982	03:38
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
I Braineater	Davie Street	I Here, Where You	02:54
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Zipper	Slowtown Rats	Never Too Old (To Rock & Roll) b/w Slowtown Rats	02:51
Scenics	Open Up Your Door	Underneath the Door	02:09
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:58
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Spoons	Stop	Talkback	03:16
Theo Vandenhoff	Wong Kar-wai	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	02:36
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
The Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	03:12
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Red Herring	Feelings	Taste Tests	02:21
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Bruce PM	Senility	Makeshift	02:27

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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