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
Dis Band	Interview Outro	Gone Dead Out	01:20
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Blue Oil	Innocent Boys	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	00:36
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
ACTORS	L'appel du vide: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:34
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Modernes Pickles	Forest Fires	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Tim Ray	Hiding Out (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:03
Age of Mirrors	Juliet's Dancing	Mirage	04:49
The Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
True Confessions	Smokey's Gonna Twist	ST	02:25
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
Sandro Durante	All That Magic	Don't Go (Breaking My Heart) b/w All That Magic	01:57
Vis-A-Vis	Dance With Me	Heart and Soul	03:56
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Blitzkrieg Bop	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:40
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Extras	Sentimental Fool	The Road to Zambando	03:53
Theo Vandenhoff	Below the Western Steppe	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	05:05
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Scenics	O Charlotte	New Part In Town	03:44
Streetcar Named Desire	Life Begins	Life Begins	04:40
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Tau Ceti	Radiation (fallout mix 86)	So Far	04:15
Glamatron	Porcelain Doll	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:49
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Midnite News	05:25
Spoons	Bridges Over Borders	Bridges Over Borders	05:02
The Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Land of Giants	Fountains in the Rain	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:30
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Cannon Heath Down	Belly Through	Heart-Throb Companion	04:32
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Compilation	Pat Grehan - Fury Girl	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:13
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Glamorcult	Holding Onto Yesterday	Shadows From The Past	03:34
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Scenics	Do the Wait	Underneath the Door	02:13
Glamorcult	Carry the Water	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:47
ACTORS	Flesh & Bone	Reanimated	03:10
Benjamin Russell	You Took Me for a Ride	Madman	02:44
Preison's Shade	Race Me Home	Race Me Home (EP)	04:56
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
The Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Ear Candy	The Hunter	Self Defence	05:06
ACTORS	Love U More	Acts of Worship	04:00
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Spoons	2,000 Years	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Mobile Clones	The Pulse	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:45
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Maurice & The Clichés	Affection at High Speed	ST	04:20
Tim Ray	All Sane (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:50
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Theo Vandenhoff	Saviour On The Spilled Blood	Saviour on the Spilled Blood	04:28

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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