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
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
ACTORS	Mining for Heart	Mining for Heart	02:52
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Bleu Néon	Exorcisme	Cité Promise	04:33
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
Blue Oil	Unwind	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:35
ACTORS	Nightlife	Reanimated	04:24
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Eight Seconds	Picture	Big Houses	06:13
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
Glamorcult	Amongst the Ruins	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:17
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
DeMars	Le fou sur l'île	Les Télé-Têtes	04:04
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - The Whip (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:21
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
The Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Mr. X)	Strange Pleasures EP	04:54
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
100 Flowers	Coming Up For Air	21st Guessing	04:06
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
The Government	How Many Fingers?	How Many Fingers?	07:21
Entrance System	Swoon	Imperfect Image	04:05
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Border	All in All	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:53
Compilation	Flying Colors - One More Heartache	Saskatoon Rocks	05:08
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
NEO A4	Sex (For Love)	The Warmer Side of You	02:39
Streetcar Named Desire	World War Son	Life Begins	04:28
Lou Champagne System	Machine Muzik	No Visible Means	04:20
Mad Shadows	Music in the Night	Music in the Night	03:45
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Lou Champagne System	Another Dimension	No Visible Means	04:50
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Voices Like Thunder	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	04:00
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Mannequin Depressives	I Don't Get You	Girls Are Evil	04:31
Fictions	Won't Wash Away	ST	03:20
Blue Oil	Innocent Boys	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:45
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:18
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Cannon Heath Down	ma-de-moi-selle	Heart-Throb Companion	03:15
Dis Band	One Man Army	Gone Dead Out	03:20
Men Without Hats	Antarctica	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:25
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Psyche	Uncivilized	Mystery Hotel	03:41
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Drastic Measures	Maniacs in Cadillacs	ST	02:38
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Theo Vandenhoff	House in the Country	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	03:58
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Awake The Echoes	Someone	Normal Life	04:07
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Absolute 9	Love and Work	ST	03:50
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Killer Punk	Space and Time	02:42
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Modernes Pickles	Is That Everything	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:34
The Diodes	When I Was Young	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:18
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Theo Vandenhoff	What's In A Name	Collected EPs	03:08
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14

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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