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
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
The Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:42
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	It Only Happened Twice	Blimkie	02:20
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass	It Will Come to You	03:36
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Theo Vandenhoff	Tenement	Tenement	03:01
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Moral Lepers	China Rag	Turn to Stone	04:26
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Tenants	Connect the Dots	ST	04:04
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
The Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Blue Oil	Unwind	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:35
Class Info	Come For Me	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	02:27
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
The Scene (2)	Meet the Man	Only in Paradise	03:54
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Absolute 9	Fence	ST	02:58
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Sandro Durante	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart)	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic	02:27
Spoons	No More Growing Up	Arias & Symphonies	03:25
Channel 5	Record Go Round	ST (EP)	02:40
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Todd Stevens	This Way!	This Way! (picture sleeve)	03:20
ACTORS	Exploded View	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:33
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
The Idles	Please Don't Call	The Idles Demo	02:44
The Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Tim Ray	Promised You (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:31
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Compilation	Arrows - Treat Her Right	Toronto Calling	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Velveteens	Tired of the Beat	Tall House (EP)	03:30
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Aircuts	Radioactivity	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	02:57
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
This Fear	Dreaming of a Nation	Darkness Shapes Imagination	04:08
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
The Hurt	Engaged	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:11
Spoons	Rodeo	Bridges Over Borders	04:12
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Glamorcult	The Journey Begins	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:48
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Family Plot	Stag Party	Convictions	03:33
100 Flowers	Haunted	21st Guessing	05:09
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Faded Films	The Top	Faded Years	02:43
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57

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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