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
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Modernettes	Femme Fatale	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:53
39 Steps	Just Amphetamine	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:51
Glamorcult	Mine is the Maiden	Early Glamour	04:39
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Tim Ray	Knockdown the Ashes (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:05
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Compilation	Revelon - Never My Heart	Saskatoon Rocks	03:14
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Mr. Cocteau's Holiday	ST	02:17
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Space Invaders	Cheer Up	ST (EP)	03:40
Micks	I Want to be With You	ST (EP)	03:40
Age of Mirrors	Don't Let Your Love Slip Away	Screenplay	03:54
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Age of Mirrors	Everything Looks The Same	Mirage	03:38
Streetcar Named Desire	Someday Your Ship Will Come (Dance Mix)	Life Begins	04:17
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Psyche	The Dark Pool	The Influence	04:54
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
I Braineater	Edge	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:30
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Spoons	Walk Across the Water	Bridges Over Borders	04:44
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Breeding Ground	This Time Tomorrow	Tales of Adventure (EP)	04:01
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Lou Champagne System	Silent Walking	No Visible Means	06:56
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Ralph Mashats	Irradies	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	03:54
Andrew Matheson	Tender is the Night	Monterey Shoes	05:51
John Young Paul	The Boulevards of Hope	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:37
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
John Young Paul	Summertime!	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:29
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Ceramic Hello	Staticarnival	The Absence of a Canary	01:18
The Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Rex Chainbelt	Fighter Plane	Foreign Movie	02:14
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	ST (EP)	03:53
Maurice & The Clichés	Veronika	Veronika	03:40
Boys Brigade	Africa	ST	04:07
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Theo Vandenhoff	Eternity (Looking Skyward)	Collected EPs	06:54
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Theo Vandenhoff	Tenement	Tenement	03:01
Tim Ray	1/4 to Eight (October, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:40
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Talkin' About Her	Spunker	03:07
Figures At Dawn	It Doesn't Matter	ST	04:31
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	Midnite News	03:44
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope to Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Kinetic Ideals	Maze of Ways	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	04:09
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
ACTORS	Obsession	Acts of Worship	03:26
Rational Youth	Heredity	Heredity	04:18
Modernes Pickles	Destination	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:04
Spoons	Love Drum	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:16
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Humans Remix)	Reanimated	04:32
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
DeMars	Even for All Those Years	Stories from between the Walls	04:39
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41

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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