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Maurice and The Cliches - Soft Core (EXTENDED in all it's 4:25 glory!)

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Another lost (never heard?) post-punk treasure from Vancouver...Kim Clarke - It's A Grey Day...

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a less-overplayed song by Glass Tiger, Thin Red Line, but a good song too [:D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmnf2necvI8

A couple of my favourite Martha and the Muffins songs,


Swimming


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Danseparc


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[quote][i]Originally posted by InvisibleMan[/i]
<br>a less-overplayed song by Glass Tiger, Thin Red Line, but a good song too [:D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmnf2necvI8
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I agree. Most (well, all) of their stuff is very '80s and not new wave at all, but "Thin Red Line" is the first thing I heard by them and it's a great track. Wish more of their stuff was like this.

No thread on Canadian music can exist without a mention of The Payola$:

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"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"

interesting, I never heard of Payolas...

some synth/dance new wave from Men Without Hats [:)]

Men Without Hats - I Got the Message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAEKqHFhQYk

Corey Hart - Euroasian Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1QOxms_yvI

Rational Youth: "Saturdays in Silesia"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SE47uJlPPY

Front Line Assembly - Insanity Lurks Nearby


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Well, 1979 actually...ultra rare Vancouver music...

Bonus Boys - I Want To Work In A Bank

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Rare video for b-side Confusing Ourselves on their myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/bonusboys/videos

[quote][i]Originally posted by zill[/i]
<br>Well, 1979 actually...ultra rare Vancouver music...

Bonus Boys - I Want To Work In A Bank

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Rare video for b-side Confusing Ourselves on their myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/bonusboys/videos

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keep 'em coming, Zill[:)]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Jimbo L[/i]
<br>Rational Youth: "Saturdays in Silesia"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SE47uJlPPY
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Rational Youth is very underrated synth band

City of Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXyQ8XOzGk

[quote][i]Originally posted by schwenko[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by zill[/i]
<br>Well, 1979 actually...ultra rare Vancouver music...

Rare video for b-side Confusing Ourselves on their myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/bonusboys/videos

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keep 'em coming, Zill[:)]
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schwenko, this is the b-side file Confusing Ourselves

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How about a Victoria, British Columbia band?

Pink Steel - Some Of The Things That You Do

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Later on Pete Campbell from Pink Steel formed a power-pop outfit called The Wardells

The Wardells - Be Stupid

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Actually the first Wardells recording I know of was from a Victoria music scene sampler cassette in 1986.

The Wardells - Laughing Instead

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Too bad the Modernettes never actually got around to recording this song in the studio, it kicks some ass!

The Modernettes - 509

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