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
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Spoons	The First & Last Time	New Day New World	04:54
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Theo Vandenhoff	Foreign Legion	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:28
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Tim Ray	Dying in Brooklyn (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:40
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Spoons	On the Beach	Bridges Over Borders	03:48
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Modernes Pickles	Colors	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:09
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
ACTORS	Nightlife	Reanimated	04:24
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
The Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Scenics	Garthuson	New Part In Town	02:16
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Tim Ray	Hate (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:22
Fictions	Don't Look Down	ST	02:31
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Wanderlust	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	01:58
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Corsage	Jackson	ST	03:41
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
ACTORS	It Goes Away	Reanimated	03:46
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Theo Vandenhoff	Saviour On The Spilled Blood	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:28
Land of Giants	I Will	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:44
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	C'est la vie	04:26
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Barking Boys	Here She Comes	The Yes Girls	03:55
Dis Band	Dance Clique	Gone Dead Out	04:51
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53

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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