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
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:31
Rational Youth	Holiday in Bangkok	Heredity	05:17
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Punkin Machine	Zarcon Rock On	Zarcon Rock On // Zarcon Rock On	03:40
ACTORS	Object of Desire	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:12
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Modernes Pickles	I'm in Love with the Super Friends	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:42
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Theo Vandenhoff	Eternity (Looking Skyward)	Collected EPs	06:54
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
I Braineater	Sacred Cow	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:03
The Government	On The Prowl (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:36
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Modernes Pickles	Destination Martin	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:13
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
The Diodes	Edge of Darkness	Action-Reaction	03:10
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
DeMars	La nouvelle epoque	Les Télé-Têtes	04:01
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Compilation	Third Party - Living in a Bunker	Saskatoon Rocks	04:08
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
The Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Add Up	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Dis Band	Hesitation	Gone Dead Out	05:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
NEO A4	In My Life	The Warmer Side of You	03:19
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
ACTORS	Bird in Hand	It Will Come to You	03:06
Johnny Faith	Beatown	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	03:24
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
The Gas	Evacuate	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:38
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown '82	03:49
Palace at 4 a.m.	Young and Italian	Untamed World	03:16
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Drama	Come On Over	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
The Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	I Got This Feeling	Blimkie	02:13
Spoons	Ciao	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	01:35
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	ST (EP)	01:56
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Bicycle Thieves	Instead of a Heart	ST	04:31
UJ3RK5	Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	06:32
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Shadows on the Heart	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:33
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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