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
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Stop	Spunker	02:57
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
The Plugs	Sending An S.O.S.	Sending An S.O.S. b/w I Saw Her Today	03:21
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Inner Sanction	Hush	Shake Up - Fly Down	03:20
Inner Sanction	I Cherish	Dancematic-Automatic	03:10
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Rob Bryanton	Livin' On the Edge of the World	Alcohol And Other Drugs	05:10
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Reactors	Alien Radio	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	TV	Ohama aka The White Album	04:33
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Channel 5	Record Go Round	ST (EP)	02:40
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Compilation	Frantics - Asleep With the Light On	Saskatoon Rocks	03:31
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Theo Vandenhoff	Foreign Legion	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:28
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Deserters	Thought Police	ST	04:08
Figures At Dawn	Bridges Burning	ST	03:36
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	Soft Core	03:49
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Moev	Cocoon	Zimmerkampf	04:45
Iko	Digital Delight	83	05:53
The Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
A Fish in C	In Transit	In Transit (picture sleeve)	03:49
Cardboard Brains	Have You Seen The Boy In The Gutter With The Broken Mind?	Live At The Edge	02:05
Iko	Communication Off	83	04:34
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Glamorcult	The Light	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:49
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	Gabrielle (1987)	Mort en direct	06:32
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
The Diodes	Hot Sands	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	04:32
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Spoons	The First & Last Time	New Day New World	04:54
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
Rob Bryanton	Courage	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:34
Informer	I Know You Know	I Know You Know b/w Hold It	03:09
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Handful of Snowdrops	Messengers (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:18
Benjamin Russell	Baby, This Is Love	Madman	02:04
Andrew Matheson	St. Catherines Wheel	Monterey Shoes	05:37
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	And Without a Word	Ohama aka The White Album	04:16
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
Maurice & The Clichés	Show Me a Love	Veronika	03:00
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Glamorcult	Lost in the Wind	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:03
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	Subway	Blimkie	02:19
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
39 Steps	American Woman	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:11
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Salt And the Choppers	I And You	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	02:41
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
The Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
The Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Scenics	New Part in Town	New Part In Town	03:31
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
The Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Maurice & The Clichés	Mixed Emotions	ST	03:53

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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