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
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
The Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
The Diodes	Time Damage (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	02:18
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Tabby K	Wind Or Water	Summertime b/w Wind Or Water	03:17
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
ACTORS	Slaves	It Will Come to You	03:33
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Compilation	Vital Sines - Come and Buy Your Miracle	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:31
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:26
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Corsage	St. John's Wood (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Modernes Pickles	Possessed in the City	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:28
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Handful of Snowdrops	Charlatan (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	05:25
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:03
The Government	Gunshot Wound	Electric Eye	02:56
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	05:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Rex Chainbelt	Talk It Over	Foreign Movie	02:15
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Break My Heart Tomorrow	Blimkie	03:11
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
The Diodes	Tennis Again (Sept. 1977 Toronto Sound Demo) (CD only)	Rarities	03:12
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Boys Brigade	Melody	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:06
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:39
Maurice & The Clichés	Every Corner	Veronika	03:45
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Strange Advance	Sister Radio	Worlds Away	05:20
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Now That You Say You Love Me	Blimkie	03:48
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Glamorcult	Lonely Faces	The Stone Sessions	03:12
Streetcar Named Desire	Yesteryear	Life Begins	02:58
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
The Government	It Must be God - Downtown	Electric Eye	03:51
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
Mad Shadows	The River Flows	Music in the Night	03:03
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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