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
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Instructions	Cleek	ST	02:56
Theo Vandenhoff	Evening Star	In The Throes Of Love	03:44
Eight Seconds	Zoe	Almacantar	04:54
Hunger Project	Imitation of Life	Demo 1982	06:24
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Mark Hjorthoy Remix)	Reanimated	06:24
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Scissors	Wrecked My Car	ST	02:16
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Hush	Dancing in East Berlin	Replay	04:17
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
The Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Numbers	Out to You	Add Up	02:27
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Barking Boys	Cool It Down	The Yes Girls	04:11
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Theo Vandenhoff	Lift	Collected EPs	04:30
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Images In Vogue	In the House (Single Version)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	03:14
Glamatron	Continentals	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	04:44
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
ACTORS	Forever	Reanimated	03:34
Land of Giants	I Got You Babe	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:17
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
The Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Extras	High-Tech Promises	The Road to Zambando	03:34
Spoons	Dropped Dishes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:58
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Glass Apple Bonzai	Love & Hatred in MegaWave City (Original Draft Instrumental)	Love & Hatred in MegaWave City	03:13
Bleu Néon	Survivance	Cité Promise	08:24
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Decade of Dreams	One Night in Bohemia	Wild Colloquial	03:50
Spoons	Shaking the Fear	Vertigo Tango	04:16
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Taro	Driftin Away	The Line Is Fine b/w Driftin Away (picture sleeve)	03:20
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Streetcar Named Desire	Illustrated Man	Life Begins	05:25
Popular Front (1)	Forty Days	This is the Rubicon	04:40
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Domination	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:47
Channel 5	Breaking Ground	ST (EP)	03:23
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
DeMars	Les cosmétiques cosmiques	Les Télé-Têtes	03:48
Modernes Pickles	Cactus Cowboy	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:23
Theo Vandenhoff	In The Throes Of Love	In The Throes Of Love	04:50
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Theo Vandenhoff	Evening Star	Collected EPs	03:44
Decade of Dreams	A Conversation With Myself	Wild Colloquial	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Flying Goodbye	Ohama aka The White Album	03:45
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Glen Meadmore	Girlene	Chicken & Biscuits	05:07
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Absolute 9	Stop Thinking	ST	03:14
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Wrestlers	When You Sleep Together	ST	03:42
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Golden Calgarians	My Big Truck	Savage Love	03:25
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Theo Vandenhoff	Temper	In The Throes Of Love	05:01
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10

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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