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
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Inner Sanction	Direction Perfection	Dancematic-Automatic	04:32
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Cannon Heath Down	Je Suis Certain	Heart-Throb Companion	02:03
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Rob Bryanton	Insiduous Trends	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:47
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	04:23
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Sebastian (Agnello)	Stop Picking On America	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:23
B-Sides	She's a Raver (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:34
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Tenants	Losing Youth	Visions of Our Future	03:25
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Null Set	Judgement Days	New Job (EP)	02:19
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Spoons	Ciao	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	01:35
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Corsage	Baby Said	ST	03:37
Theo Vandenhoff	Rosetta	In The Throes Of Love	05:25
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Broken Silence	Through the Glass	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:46
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
The Government	Portrait	How Many Fingers?	02:36
Martha And The Muffins	Boy Without Filters	This Is The Ice Age	04:58
True Confessions	4th Base	ST	02:46
Bündock	Tied for Time	Société Anonyme	03:55
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
ACTORS	Death from Above	Acts of Worship	03:32
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Theo Vandenhoff	Eight Of Swords	Collected EPs	03:02
Drama	Got to Get off the Earth	Loneliness	03:06
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
100 Flowers	The Naught	21st Guessing	03:56
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Pre-release	04:54
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Bleu Néon	Exorcisme	Cité Promise	04:33
Modernes Pickles	Garbage	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:04
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Dis Band	One Man Army	Gone Dead Out	03:20
The Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
ACTORS	How Deep is the Hole	Reanimated	04:00
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Benjamin Russell	Pop Modern(e)	Pop Modern(e)	03:51
Rob Bryanton	Courage	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:34
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	02:37
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Errands For Eros	Spunker	04:09
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58

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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