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
Dis Band	One Man Army	Gone Dead Out	03:20
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Tulpa	Apologize to Your Mother	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	04:29
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Klō	Weirdo	Fun b/w Weirdo	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:24
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Modernes Pickles	Vitamin K	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:49
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Glamorcult	Shadows From The Past	Shadows From The Past	03:54
Glamorcult	Saying Goodbye	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:40
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Compilation	Third Party - Living in a Bunker	Saskatoon Rocks	04:08
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Sound FX	Caramia	Sound FX	03:08
Glamorcult	Innocense of Yesterday	Early Glamour	04:21
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Dis Band	Ready Go Steady	Gone Dead Out	02:52
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Kultur	Here it Comes	Kultur	03:11
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Modernes Pickles	Savage Heels	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Spoons	Young English Gentleman	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:35
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Modernettes	Red Nails	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:02
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Channel 5	Breaking Ground	ST (EP)	03:23
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Bicycle Thieves	Picking Up Pens	ST	04:17
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Compilation	True Confessions - Fourth Base	No Pedestrians	02:30
Entrance System	Imperfect Image	Imperfect Image	03:38
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Felix Bondarev Remix)	Reanimated	04:08
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Todd Stevens	Stranger on the Run	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:26
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
ACTORS	Love U More	Acts of Worship	04:00
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Glamorcult	Time Is Running Out	Shadows From The Past	03:16
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Rich Kids	Spunker	03:37
The Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Benjamin Russell	Miracle	Pop Modern(e)	05:28
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Golden Calgarians	Ballad of Blood Beach	Savage Love	04:30
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Hypno-Gogo	In Your Eyes	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	03:04
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
ACTORS	Killing Time (Is Over)	Acts of Worship	03:16

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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