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
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
ACTORS	Stimulation	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:15
Inner Sanction	Culture Dance	Shake Up - Fly Down	04:35
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
The Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Compilation	Diatribe - Air Radio	Sounds From The Streets: 12 Toronto Bands	03:34
Glamorcult	All I Really Want	Atlantis Under the Sea	03:06
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Extras	No Generation	Bit Parts	02:33
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got a Reason and You've Got a Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
ACTORS	In Real Life	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:15
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Tim Ray	Standard Walk (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:25
Sex Church	Put Away	Growing Over	02:00
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Doppler Bros.	Big Time Tragedy	Totally Impractical	03:36
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Glamorcult	Interlude	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	C'est la vie	04:26
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Reasons	The Fall	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:59
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Tim Ray	Love = Fusion (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:50
Breeding Ground	Thin Red Line	Wintergarden (EP)	04:22
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:10
Tim Ray	Run On (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:08
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Tenants	Sheriff	ST	03:52
The Front	The Joke Was On Me	Gina's at a Party	04:03
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Rob Bryanton	Who's Got a Hold of the Wheel?	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:56
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Steve Blimkie (and the Reason)	As I Am	Blimkie	02:04
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Philip Rambow	Bike Boys	Jungle Law	04:26
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Compilation	Big Deal - Movie Star	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:36
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
The Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Pre-release	03:30
Maurice & The Clichés	Veronika	Veronika	03:40
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Kinetic Ideals	In a Second	A Personal View (EP)	06:59
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Sister H. Immaculata	Spunker	02:12
I Braineater	Fade	I Here, Where You	03:35
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
The Diodes	That Was The Way That It Was	Action-Reaction	03:46
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Modernes Pickles	Destination Martin	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:13
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Spoons	Tidal Wave	Bridges Over Borders	03:55
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Land of Giants	Seven Men	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	05:12
Reactors	If I Only Had a Brain	If I Only Had a Brain b/w Alien Radio	02:35
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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