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
Absolute 9	She Believes	ST	02:52
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
The Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Spoons	Beautiful Trap	New Day New World	04:45
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Blue Oil	Sardine City	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:49
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
True Confessions	Yes it's True	ST	03:03
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:52
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	I Got This Feeling	Blimkie	02:13
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Furniture Dancing	Spunker	03:15
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
Compilation	Vital Sines - Not My World (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:15
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Corsage	Big Night Out (Doll & Penny's Trance Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	07:45
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
ACTORS	Killing Time (Is Over)	Acts of Worship	03:16
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:37
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	No More Lies (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:38
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Andrew Matheson	Eyes of Harlem	Monterey Shoes	07:44
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Glamorcult	The Journey Ends	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:25
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Modernes Pickles	I Left my Heart in Charlesbourg	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	05:20
Austra	Beat and the Pulse	Feel it Break	04:55
The Idles	Heat Up	The Idles Demo	02:58
Dis Band	Gone Dead Out	Gone Dead Out	04:06
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Decade of Dreams	Tra la la	Wild Colloquial	02:58
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Vex	DNA	DNA	03:24
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	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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