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
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Tim Ray	Mondo Cane (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	04:44
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
The Front	The Same Girl	Underworld	04:14
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Martha And The Muffins	Primal Weekend	Trance and Dance	05:14
Tim Ray	1/4 to Eight (October, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:40
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	03:51
The Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Drama	Loneliness	Loneliness	03:28
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Moev	Czar	Dusk and Desire	04:19
Theo Vandenhoff	Undertones	Collected EPs	04:43
Paperboys (1)	Saturday 12 Midnight	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	03:33
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Rob Bryanton	Who's Got a Hold of the Wheel?	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:56
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Just Like Me	Blimkie	02:16
Theo Vandenhoff	Heartache Is An Empty Room	Heartache Is An Empty Room	04:09
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
ACTORS	Slaves	It Will Come to You	03:33
Spoons	Annita	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:21
Bleu Néon	Néon Blafard	Cité Promise	03:35
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
ACTORS	Jacknife	Reanimated	04:24
Minutes From Downtown	I Wish I Had Stayed	ST	03:03
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
Iko	Model Type A	83	05:08
Design	No Turning Back (remix)	No Turning Back	03:55
Glamorcult	Lost Souls In Time	The Stone Sessions	03:40
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Sandro Durante	Falling	Durante	04:07
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Glamorcult	Where is the Love	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:53
Minutes From Downtown	24 Karat Gold	ST	03:01
Minutes From Downtown	Emotion Under Pressure	Minutes From Downtown '82	04:14
Bunny & the Lakers	Sandy	Numbers	02:09
Dis Band	Interview continued	Gone Dead Out	00:27
Direktive 17	Run With Me	ST (EP)	04:35
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Velveteens	Flies	Tall House (EP)	04:09
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Barking Boys	Open City	The Yes Girls	04:07
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
The Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
The Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Tribal Earth	Who You Are (In the Movies)	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	02:46
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Hypno-Gogo	Flashing	In Your Eyes b/w Flashing	04:49
Spoons	Love Recall	New Day New World	03:19
Spoons	South American Vacation	Arias & Symphonies	04:12
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50

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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