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
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Rational Youth	The Man in Grey	ST (mini album)	03:19
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Dis Band	Hesitation	Gone Dead Out	05:44
Modernes Pickles	Sex in America	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:43
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Mobile Clones	Motionless	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:19
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
Spoons	Escape With You	Static In Transmission	04:21
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Tim Ray	No Emotion (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:42
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Dis Band	CKLN Interview continued and Intro	Gone Dead Out	01:06
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
The Government	Sponge	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:22
Spoons	Words Will Smash Walls	Static In Transmission	04:29
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
The Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30
Minutes From Downtown	Wrapped in Velvet	ST	03:16
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Kinetic Ideals	Touch Me (Now)	Touch Me (Now)	07:27
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Direct	ST	03:43
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Degrees of Freedom	Risk	China	03:46
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Rational Youth	Cité phosphore	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	04:05
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Figures At Dawn	Close My Eyes	ST	04:54
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Modernes Pickles	Chocolate Lady	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:21
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Just Like Me	Blimkie	02:16
Bündock	Forbidden Zone	Société Anonyme	03:44
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	Soft Core	04:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
The Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Cinebar	Venus	Another Fine Day	03:43
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Dis Band	Ready Go Steady	Gone Dead Out	02:52
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Theo Vandenhoff	What's In A Name?	Heartache Is An Empty Room	03:08
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Spoons	When Time Turns Around	Vertigo Tango	03:40
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
The Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
The Front	The Hard Line	Gina's at a Party	03:06
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49

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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