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
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Psyche	Nocturnal Passenger	Mystery Hotel	06:07
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Decade of Dreams	Sarah	Wild Colloquial	02:26
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Theo Vandenhoff	Undertones	Heartache Is An Empty Room	04:43
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:26
BB Gabor	Moscow Drug Club	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Moscow Drug Club (picture sleeve)	04:26
The Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Theo Vandenhoff	House in the Country	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	03:58
Glamorcult	The Journey Ends	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:25
Psyche	The Influence	The Influence	04:17
Men Without Hats	Ideas for Walls	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:27
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Spoons	Arias & Symphonies	Arias & Symphonies	04:47
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Barking Boys	Incident In St. Jamestown	The Yes Girls	04:58
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Modernes Pickles	Burning Airwaves	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:30
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
James G. Thompson	Let it Out (The Sermon)	Hand In Hand	04:01
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
DeMars	L'orgasme d'une planète	Les Télé-Têtes	02:48
Compilation	L'Etranger - Light in the Morning (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:44
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Scenics	In the Summer	New Part In Town	04:22
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
The Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Glamorcult	Distant Memories	The Stone Sessions	04:07
Scenics	Bubbles	Underneath the Door	02:26
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
The Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:44
Breeding Ground	In the Sun	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Instructions	The Factory	ST	03:41
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
The Idles	Crush	The Idles Demo	04:17
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Bleu Néon	Exorcisme	Cité Promise	04:33
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Magic Dragon	Once Upon a Time	Emotional Landscape	04:25
Psyche	Dreamstreet	Mystery Hotel	05:18
Modernes Pickles	Life in Ancient Greece	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:19
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Eight Seconds	Just Pretend	Almacantar	04:33
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Mad Shadows	Gold	Music in the Night	03:27
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
I Braineater	I Am	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:07
Theo Vandenhoff	What's In A Name?	Heartache Is An Empty Room	03:08
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Images In Vogue	S&M	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:53
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
ACTORS	Slaves	It Will Come to You	03:33
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Rivals	I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	04:42
Theo Vandenhoff	Saviour On The Spilled Blood	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:28
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:55
James G. Thompson	Working On My Heart	Hand In Hand	04:11
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
The Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News	Midnite News	03:15
Psyche	Misery's Return	The Influence	04:57
Living End (1)	The Procession	ST	04:40
Rational Youth	Freeze	Heredity	05:00

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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