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
Secret Act	My Neighbourhood	My Neighbourhood	05:51
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Hygiene Club	Hawaii	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:00
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Theo Vandenhoff	Eternity (Looking Skyward)	Collected EPs	06:54
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Modernes Pickles	Chocolate Lady	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Decade of Dreams	Stop This Car	Wild Colloquial	02:12
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Deserters	Raining Over France	ST	02:38
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Generra	Don’t Cut Me	Don’t Cut Me b/w Girls in the Hearts	03:57
Compilation	Jennifer Cauley - In Every Dream	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:45
Start	Bad Girl	Hey You	03:53
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Can’t Say I’m Sorry	Blimkie	02:16
Theo Vandenhoff	Alles Ist Besser	Collected EPs	03:57
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Preison's Shade	She Wants Me	Race Me Home (EP)	05:54
Theo Vandenhoff	Rosetta	Collected EPs	05:25
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
The Idles	Foreign Son	The Idles Demo	03:53
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
The Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Astronauts (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:31
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Handful of Snowdrops	Land of the Damned	Land of the Damned	08:37
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Tim Ray	Hate (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:22
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Low Fun	Words We Left Behind	The New Dictator b/w Words We Left Behind	03:41
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Degrees of Freedom	China	China	06:00
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	04:23
Compilation	Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Buzz Beat	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:12
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Extras	The Watcher	The Watcher (EP)	05:18
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
The Front	Hit and Run	Underworld	04:14
ACTORS	Like U Want 2	Reanimated	03:40
Glamorcult	The Journey Ends	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:25
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Modernes Pickles	Life in Ancient Greece	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:19
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Spoons	The First & Last Time	New Day New World	04:54
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Spoons	Game Above Your Head	Vertigo Tango	03:51
The Front	Someday	Gina's at a Party	03:34
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
ACTORS	Obsession	Acts of Worship	03:26
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Modernes Pickles	Is That Everything	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:34
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Midnite News	08:11
Space Invaders	Dead Boats Don't Float	ST (EP)	03:43
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	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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