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
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
The Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Klō	Clown	Demo 1981	03:17
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Dis Band	Fall Down Go Boom	Gone Dead Out	05:04
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Pierre Perpall	Da Da Da (Vocal)	Da Da Da	03:50
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Modernes Pickles	Brothurs	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:17
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Jon Mullane	One More Chance (for u)	Following Yesterday	04:29
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
The Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	EP	02:32
Blue Oil	No Disturbing Call	ST	02:51
Mad Shadows	The River Flows	Music in the Night	03:03
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Perfect World	Have a Good Look	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	05:10
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Rob Bryanton	Livin' On the Edge of the World	Alcohol And Other Drugs	05:10
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Glamorcult	The Journey Ends	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:25
Moral Support	Living With Passion	Insanity	03:35
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	On the Line	ST	04:09
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Mad Shadows	(Driving My) Jaguar Far	Music in the Night	03:31
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
Shock Culture	Something to Dream	ST (EP)	04:03
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Spoons	Escape With You	Static In Transmission	04:21
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
ACTORS	Slaves	It Will Come to You	03:33
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Theo Vandenhoff	Temper	Collected EPs	05:01
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
ACTORS	Dead Inside	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:29
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Friendly Fire	I Saw Her Smile	Junior Senility EP	02:31
Kaméléon	Rouge barbele	ST	04:54

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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