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
Vital Sines	Big Dark Dreams	Big Dark Dreams	05:25
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Bleu Néon	Néon Blafard	Cité Promise	03:35
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
ACTORS	Nightlife	Reanimated	04:24
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Red Herring	If You Work for Me	Taste Tests	03:38
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Salty Seamen	In the Groove at Last	In The Groove At Last	02:35
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
Deserters	Alien	ST	03:43
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Barking Boys	High Life - Low Life	The Yes Girls	02:46
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
The Diodes	Hot Sand (1981 Remixed Version 2017)	Rarities	03:18
The Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
The Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Men Without Hats	Safety Dance	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:24
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Maurice & The Clichés	Skyline	C'est la vie	03:49
Odd Man Out	Whatever Happened to Us	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	04:02
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Dis Band	Hesitation	Gone Dead Out	05:44
Spoons	Breaking In	Static In Transmission	04:34
Sandro Durante	All the Way	Durante	04:05
Eight Seconds	Beyond the Shock	Big Houses	05:34
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Rex Chainbelt	Run Away	Foreign Movie	02:43
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
ACTORS	Crosses	It Will Come to You	04:12
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Spunker (aka Neotone)	No More Walrus	Spunker	03:55
Hunger Project	Imitation of Life	Demo 1982	06:24
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
A Fish in C	Touch	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Tame & Talking	Fallen Angel (Broken Wings)	ST	03:33
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Moev	Beautiful Beast	Dusk and Desire	03:55
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1981	04:01
Quasi Hands	Parallel Lines	ST	03:19
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Maurice & The Clichés	Mystery Member - Mr. Remember	ST	02:56
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Villains	Lovers	Go Crazy	03:03
Klō	Fun	Fun b/w Weirdo	04:53
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
ACTORS	Love U More	Acts of Worship	04:00
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Maurice & The Clichés	Reach for the Top	C'est la vie	03:07
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Quasi Hands	Keep Moving	ST	02:48
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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James G. Thompson - Hand In Hand

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Sandro Durante - Durante

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Sandro Durante - Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic

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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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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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