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
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
Age of Mirrors	Simple Gift of Love	Mirage	03:05
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
John Lutz T.	Street Corner Sally	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	03:06
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Tame & Talking	Darkened Dream	ST	03:10
The Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Klō	No Money	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:38
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Philip Rambow	Magnificient Obsession	Jungle Law	03:39
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Mettle	All You Wanted	ST	03:59
Martha And The Muffins	Terminal Twilight	Metro Music	04:41
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	ST	04:24
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Spoons	Love Can be a Stranger	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Instructions	Ha - Ha Ha	ST	04:29
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Hot Tip	Teach Me Something	Stop All Motion	04:12
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Pukka Orchestra	Cherry Beach Express	ST	03:07
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Salty Seamen	Club Hot de Paris	In The Groove At Last	02:03
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Boys Brigade	Exodus	ST	03:45
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
Minutes From Downtown	Heaven Street	ST	04:35
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass	It Will Come to You	03:36
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Theo Vandenhoff	Alles Ist Besser	Collected EPs	03:57
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Norda	West Over Seas	West Over Seas	05:54
Blue Oil	No Disturbing Call	ST	02:51
Volts	These Things Remain	Plugged In	03:57
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Martha And The Muffins	Symptomatic Love	Trance and Dance	04:08
Instructions	OK	ST	03:53
Modernes Pickles	Bonjour de Bob	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:01
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got a Reason and You've Got a Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Moev	Feline Frauline	Zimmerkampf	02:46
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1981	04:01
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Rob Bryanton	Another Day, Another Show	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:13
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Psyche	Eternal	Mystery Hotel	04:15
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Extras	Don’t Put Me On Hold	The Road to Zambando	02:52
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Moral Support	Closer to You	Insanity	03:19
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Your Face	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:16
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17

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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