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
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
ACTORS	Bird in Hand	It Will Come to You	03:06
James Harcourt	Eye of the Needle	Emotional Blackmail	02:54
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
The Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:42
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Redlife	Hope for Tomorrow	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:44
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Glamorcult	The Light	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:49
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Austra	The Villain	Feel it Break	04:06
Vital Sines	Rhythm of Dark	Collage	05:34
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Tame & Talking	Fashion Fit	ST	04:08
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
David Raven & the Escorts	Dance Dance Dance	David Raven And The Escorts	02:22
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
DeMars	Le rêveur egaré	Les Télé-Têtes	04:06
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:19
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
Corsage	Down at the Rock	ST	03:26
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired (Live On Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Jan. 22 1999)	Rarities	03:51
Spice	Just a Little Bit	Beautiful You b/w Just a Little Bit	02:17
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	A Neon Rome	05:44
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
The Plugs	I Saw Her Today	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:04
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Sons of Nuns Remix)	Reanimated	04:30
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
NEO A4	If it Was You	ST	04:41
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Compilation	Direktive 17 - Mr. Jones	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:38
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Theo Vandenhoff	What's In A Name?	Heartache Is An Empty Room	03:08
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Glamorcult	This Is Our Story	The Stone Sessions	03:44
Images In Vogue	Talking to Myself	In The House	03:44
The Idles	Heat Up	The Idles Demo	02:58
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind (OHMix)	Space and Time	04:55
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
The Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Ohama aka The White Album	05:37
Glamorcult	Amongst the Ruins	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:17
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Land of Giants	Thing Called Love	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	06:57
Tim Ray	Now What Was That! (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:59
Channel 5	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Hunger Project	Imitation of Life	Demo 1982	06:24
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Theo Vandenhoff	Temper	Collected EPs	05:01
Sandro Durante	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart)	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic	02:27
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Humans Remix)	Reanimated	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
A Neon Rome	Islam	A Neon Rome	10:18
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11

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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