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
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
Modernes Pickles	Vitamin K	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:49
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
ACTORS	Crystal	It Will Come to You	03:40
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Dis Band	Opening Interview	Gone Dead Out	00:41
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
Kinetic Ideals	Fade Away	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	07:44
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:37
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Klō	Try	Demo 1981	04:22
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Slow Waves Remix)	Reanimated	05:04
Big Dog	Monkey See, Monkey Do	99 Change Hands	01:52
Cardboard Brains	Summertime!	Live At The Edge	03:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Theo Vandenhoff	Heartache Is An Empty Room	Heartache Is An Empty Room	04:09
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Numbers	Mr. Dempster	Add Up	03:49
The Diodes	Play With Fire	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	05:30
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
e	Prime Cuts	Prime Cuts	03:37
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
ACTORS	Love U More	Acts of Worship	04:00
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
The Diodes	Nowhere Fast (Aug 1977 Crash 'N' Burn Demo)	Rarities	02:50
Corsage	Big Night Out (Single Mix)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:11
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Modernes Pickles	Forest Fires	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Pale Blue	Therapy	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:53
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope to Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Térapi	Breadus Fongus	Primale	02:51
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Can’t Say I’m Sorry	Blimkie	02:16
Numbers	Sideways Elevator	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:09
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
True Confessions	Modern Girl	ST	03:03
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Escalators	Here Comes That Girl Again	ST	03:05
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Bleu Néon	Survivance	Cité Promise	08:24
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Maurice & The Clichés	Good Bye Mr. Bond	ST	03:52
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Class Info	Circle Game	Inside	02:20
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02

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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