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
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass	It Will Come to You	03:36
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
The Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Modernes Pickles	Colors	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:18
The Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Spoons	Spaces	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:12
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
The Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Theo Vandenhoff	Tenement	Tenement	03:01
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
The Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
ACTORS	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	Slaves (FM Attack RMX)	02:52
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
True Confessions	26264	ST	02:15
Volts	As the Radio Died	Plugged In	03:35
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Bumpers	I Watch You Go	EP	02:32
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
ACTORS	I'm Not Here	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:32
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Maurice & The Clichés	Veronika	Veronika	03:40
Theo Vandenhoff	Heartache Is An Empty Room	Collected EPs	04:09
Dis Band	Hesitation	Gone Dead Out	05:44
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Compilation	Deadlines - I'm You	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:03
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Blue Oil	Unwind	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:35
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Wrestlers	G.T.O.	ST	03:32
ACTORS	Let it Grow	It Will Come to You	02:58
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
The Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
The Diodes	Action Re-action	Action-Reaction	03:18
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Scenics	I Killed Marx	Underneath the Door	04:29
Living End (1)	Dislocation	ST	03:16
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Sound FX	She Stole My Heart	Sound FX	03:46
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44

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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