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
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Maurice & The Clichés	Reach for the Top	C'est la vie	03:07
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Martha And The Muffins	Revenge (Against the World)	Metro Music	03:31
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Theo Vandenhoff	I Wish I Was a Painter	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	07:01
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass	It Will Come to You	03:36
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Fictions	I Let Go	ST	02:26
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Modernes Pickles	Strawberry Slush	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Channel 5	Breaking Ground	ST (EP)	03:23
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Iko	Gonado Tropic Synthesis	83	07:18
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Channel 5	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
45's	Say You'll Be Mine	On the Beach	03:15
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Compilation	The Dave Howard Singers - They Come They Go	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Melinite	Waiting 4-U	Push The Button And Run!	01:48
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
The Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Theo Vandenhoff	Wong Kar-wai	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	02:36
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Rex Chainbelt	Goodbye Carol	Foreign Movie	03:24
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Tame & Talking	The Hole	ST	03:11
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Glamorcult	Pins & Needles	A Price To Paris	03:16
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Spice	Beautiful You	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	03:23
Space Invaders	Dead Boats Don't Float	ST (EP)	03:43
Maja Bannerman	Call Me	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:06
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
Compilation	Vital Sines - Come and Buy Your Miracle	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:31
Perfect World	Twist and Shove	Twist and Shove b/w Have a Good Look (picture sleeve)	03:18
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
The Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:42
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38

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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