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
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Compilation	Sound FX - Shape Up	Saskatoon Rocks	03:19
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:50
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Spoons	Paint by Number Day	New Day New World	04:34
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Norda	V	West Over Seas	05:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle	Land of the Damned	06:32
ACTORS	In Real Life	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:15
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Glen Meadmore	Lovin' In My Oven	Chicken & Biscuits	04:07
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
FM109	Hold On	ST	03:37
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Minutes From Downtown	Pushing the Limits of Love	ST	03:14
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
The Front	Simple Dreams	Gina's at a Party	03:39
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
The Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
The Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Numbers	Can't Take It	Add Up	03:40
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Ear Candy	Part of Me	Self Defence	04:34
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Red Herring	Love Machine	Taste Tests	03:32
Space Invaders	Dead Boats Don't Float	ST (EP)	03:43
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Glamorcult	The Light	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:49
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:55
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Images In Vogue	Promised Land	In The House	06:03
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Clooz	Leave Me Alone	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:36
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Lawn	Reconsider Baby	Peace in the Valley	03:58
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
The Government	Fumigators	Electric Eye	03:12
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Glamorcult	Keep On Dreaming	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:31
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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James G. Thompson - Hand In Hand

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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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