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
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Spoons	B Movie	Static In Transmission	04:34
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Slow Waves Remix)	Reanimated	05:04
Theo Vandenhoff	Mer Champlain	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:55
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
The Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
NEO A4	Las Vegas	The Warmer Side of You	03:25
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Inner Sanction	Mystery & Harmony	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:41
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Moev	Common House	Zimmerkampf	03:27
Minutes From Downtown	24 Karat Gold	ST	03:01
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Kings	Love Store	Are Here	03:28
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	Early Glamour	04:13
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
Images In Vogue	Holiday (Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	04:16
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Space Invaders	But dot dot dot	ST (EP)	03:51
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Glamorcult	Table Thirty	Early Glamour	03:38
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
NEO A4	Say This to Me	ST	03:31
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Sound FX	Caramia	Sound FX	03:08
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	On the Edge	Blimkie	02:10
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
Blueprints	Tribute to a Fool	Stare 01	03:50
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Dis Band	Fall Down Go Boom	Gone Dead Out	05:04
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
ACTORS	Like U Want 2	Reanimated	03:40
Drama	Electronic Pink Panther	Loneliness	02:23
Glass Apple Bonzai	Love & Hatred in MegaWave City (Original Draft Instrumental)	Love & Hatred in MegaWave City	03:13
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
The Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
The Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
The Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Johnny Zhivago	New Things	Microalbum	03:19
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Instructions	D-6	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:32
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Bumpers	Log 1	EP	04:44
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Channel 5	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:19
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Now They've Landed (Harmonics)	Space and Time	05:01
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Rational Youth	I Want To See the Light	I Want to See the Light	03:55
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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