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
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Glamorcult	Saying Goodbye	Atlantis Under the Sea	04:40
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Tim Ray	1/4 to Eight (October, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:40
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Me And the Mosquitos	Valium	Go Away b/w Valium	03:03
Golden Calgarians	Sex Under Missiles	Savage Love	03:34
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Rex Chainbelt	Allies	Foreign Movie	03:47
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Melinite	When You Turn Again	Push The Button And Run!	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	T.V.	Julie is a T.V. Set b/w T.V.	04:33
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Dis Band	Gone Dead Out	Gone Dead Out	04:06
Maurice & The Clichés	Knowhere Man	ST	03:23
Family Plot	My Mad Friend	Convictions	05:06
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Cold War Nightlife	04:40
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
NEO A4	Don't Believe	The Warmer Side of You	04:50
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Conning Tower	Looking Up From Under	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	03:35
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Escalators	Double Talk	ST	05:17
Quasi Hands	Oil Barons	ST	03:49
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Modernes Pickles	Burning Airwaves	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:30
Psyche	Wake the Flood Unconscious	Mystery Hotel	02:53
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Fetish (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	05:45
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Klō	Break the Floor	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	03:34
A Neon Rome	Windowsill	New Heroin	05:20
Lou Champagne System	Invisible Prisions	No Visible Means	03:44
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Glamorcult	Afterglow	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:46
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
ACTORS	It Goes Away	Reanimated	03:46
The Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:42
Eight Seconds	Moving Day	Big Houses	03:45
Hot Tip	Eyes Are Blue	Stop All Motion	03:19
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
I Braineater	Songs for the Masses	I Here, Where You	03:43
ACTORS	Cold Eyes	Acts of Worship	03:24
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Age of Mirrors	She Cracks Me Up	Screenplay	03:39
ACTORS	I'm Not Here	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:32
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Rob Bryanton	Livin' On the Edge of the World	Alcohol And Other Drugs	05:10
Images In Vogue	One Way Heart	In The House	03:30
Compilation	Dis Band - Hesitation (live)	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	06:16
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Compilation	Conditioned Response - Are You Responding	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	04:28
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Maurice & The Clichés	Beautiful Girls	C'est la vie	03:49
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Wrestlers	Intro - Yeah! I'm Drunk	ST	04:12
Escalators	Strange Girl	ST	04:04
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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