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	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
The Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	All I Want is You Alone	Blimkie	02:37
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Theo Vandenhoff	Sore	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:14
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Age of Mirrors	Somewhere in Arabia	Screenplay	03:37
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Instructions	Learn from Computers	ST	04:15
The Diodes	Rocket Over & Under	Action-Reaction	04:21
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Theo Vandenhoff	Temper	In The Throes Of Love	05:01
Theo Vandenhoff	Eternity (Looking Skyward)	In The Throes Of Love	06:54
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Minutes From Downtown	Wrapped in Velvet	ST	03:16
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
ACTORS	Killing Time (Is Over)	Acts of Worship	03:16
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Andrew Matheson	Can't Stop the Angels	Monterey Shoes	06:57
Compilation	Mike Peters - Trucker's Paradise	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	Soft Core	04:26
Scissors	All This And More	ST	02:46
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Rob Bryanton	Insiduous Trends	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:47
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Sandro Durante	Summertime	Durante	03:39
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Modernes Pickles	Possessed in the City	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:28
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
UJ3RK5	Booty Dread	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	02:49
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Sons of Nuns Remix)	Reanimated	04:30
Spoons	Spaces	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:12
Dis Band	One Man Army	Gone Dead Out	03:20
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Modernes Pickles	Vitamin K	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:49
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Moev	M.T. M.T. N.M.E.	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
The Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Blue Oil	Innocent Boys	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:45
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
Fictions	Shuffle	ST	02:39
Breeding Ground	Business	Obscurity And Flair	04:02
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Compilation	The Sturm Group - Upon a Nerve (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:34
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	C'est la vie	04:26
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Hunger Project	Still Crossing	Demo 1982	07:46
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	What People Do for Fun	Danseparc	04:02
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Hot Tip	Friends	Stop All Motion	03:49
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
ACTORS	Bad Boys (Don't Go to Heaven)	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:50
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Martha And The Muffins	Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?	Danseparc	03:00
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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James G. Thompson - Hand In Hand

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Sandro Durante - Durante

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Sandro Durante - Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic

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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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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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