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
Spoons	Paint by Number Day	New Day New World	04:34
Vital Sines	Subway Suicide	Subway Suicide E.P.	04:51
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
UJ3RK5	Hash Dreams of the Everyday Housewife	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:26
Martha And The Muffins	Motorbikin'	Trance and Dance	02:58
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	03:30
Maurice & The Clichés	Mixed Emotions	ST	03:53
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
DeMars	Torn to Pieces	Stories from between the Walls	03:35
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Annabelle's Room	Hopscotch	ST	04:41
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Friendly Fire	Beverly Blue	Junior Senility EP	03:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
ACTORS	Bury Me	It Will Come to You	03:28
Benjamin Russell	Teresa	Madman	04:15
Benjamin Russell	Take Me As You Find Me	Madman	02:25
Rarefaction	Ordinary Man	Ordinary Man	04:17
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Bumpers	Log 1	EP	04:44
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Maurice & The Clichés	Good Bye Mr. Bond	ST	03:52
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
ACTORS	Left On Read	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:20
The Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Electric Mocean	Motion	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	04:03
DeMars	Try... You Can't	Les Télé-Têtes	03:56
Benjamin Russell	Out of it Girl	Madman	01:37
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Tenants	Forget About Forgetting	ST	03:53
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
A Day in Paris	Under	Prey	04:21
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Tim Ray	Now What Was That! (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:59
ACTORS	CTRL	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:15
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Fictions	Fixation	ST	03:19
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Novels	Son of Sam	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	02:35
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:31
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Martha And The Muffins	Monotone	Metro Music	02:46

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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