Tragicomedy - Homage to Nada (1983)

A great diverse set of tunes released on the Minutemen's label, New Alliance Records. A lot of the vocals sound reminiscent of Jack Grisham to me. So it's like a blend of Minutemen and T.S.O.L. with some Saccharine Trust sprinkled in. There's a few fast hardcore punk rockers, and a few more experimental postpunkers. Unemployed Extras has a bit of Weathered Statues going on, and Terra Firma is just a great track!

 http://www.mediafire.com/download/cv2l8a9i2jaoe4h/Tragicomedy.rar

The Wise Men - Knowledge / Lost in Action (1983)

A straight up classic of the English postpunk scene, produced by John McGeoch of Magazine, and Siouxsie fame. The A-side is as gritty and dark, as it is full of great melodies. The B-side is a moody almost psychedelic ballade.

 http://www.mediafire.com/download/if8b6aigvcat8aa/WiseMen.rar


 

Seattle Syndrome Two (1983)

Here's the follow up to the Seattle Syndrome Volume One, I posted awhile back. This one's even better than the first one, chock full of outstanding tunes. Minimal synths, post punks, new waves, power pops, weird otherness. My record is fairly beat up, probably because it was once a radio station copy, though it's fun being able to read the descriptions and comments left in pen by the DJs back in the day. I included a better pic of the back cover, and the record sleeve that has lots of info about the bands. This is one you don't want to overlook!

NEW LINK!
http://www.4shared.com/rar/PYeoqwPyba/SeattleS2.html

Seven 7 inch records

A super smorgasbord post with a little something for everybody. Brought together only because I own the vinyl (except two donations from friends), but don't have any of the picture sleeves.

 B.O.P. - Ouch / Bob Rachet / Mother's Agony (1982)
Synth driven new wave with some Devo quirkiness. The songs on the b-side are pretty cool!

 Blackmail - A Game For All The Family (1978)
A four song DIY EP that's real prog-rock influenced. More infos here. 

 

 Brand New World - Six Feet Under / Monster Love (1983)
Sorta novelty style new wave, think Dr. Demento or polished Marina Swingers.

 The Eighties - No Cruising in an Era of Limits / Letter to Loretta (1980)
Top notch paisley underground power pop jangle produced by Geza X. 

Klingons - Dr. Jekkyl and Mr. Hyde / The First Question (1980)
Fantastic energetic UK postpunk. Covering an underrated Who song, and a great original tune. Check out Discogs for the pics.

 L.O.K. - Fun House / Starlet Love / Tell Me (1979)
Real killer Stooges/New York Dolls inspired garage-punk. The guitar player/producer also played with Wayne County. My record seems to be some kind of early release promo. More scans on Discogs.

  Psyche - Never Laugh / The Prisoner (1982)
Synth heavy UK gothic postpunk. Discogs has more scans with the lyrics.


Hear it all here.

American Taboo - 60 Cycles / Anonymous / Ritual Breakout (1983)

Totally top shelf art-wave / post-punk from Chicago. Sounds have both a detached cold wave feel and quirky discordant art stab spasms radiating and bubbling through out. Interesting arrangements, and lyrics with strong vision. My record came with something of a press kit which is included, so you can see more infos on the band, the songs, and old reviews of this here EP.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/do2694dvf7f4gd1/ATab.rar

The Click - Wampum (1983)

A new wave / post punk band from Lincoln, Nebraska. They released another four song EP a year before this one. You can find one of the songs from it on a  Homework comp. They also have a couple of songs on the Capitol Punishment zine comps. Wilfully Obscure blog has one of those here.

 http://www.mediafire.com/download/mae9uer2vszpde2/ClickWampum1983.rar

Just found this on youtube. A video The Click did for Rope Around My Wrist off of their first EP!

Self Control - Broken Up (1983)

New wave art pop from London. More on the band here. They also put out a couple great 7" records. Both Elastic and Falling are stand out tracks.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/g5erq0i9mqui18w/SC.rar

Problem Dogs - You Are The Knife / City Hall (1983)

Interesting 7" on Disturbing Records from Chicago. The a-side is a morose sounding neo-psych track. Something like The Butthole Surfers might have come up with, had they a serious bone in their musical bodies. The b-side is a fun punk-wave city hall destroyer. Produced by Reggie McFadden of Men, and Mentally Ill fame. If you haven't heard Men defiantly check out their records here and here.   

http://www.mediafire.com/?2qk7lklaas7aixl

King of Culture - Know How / Cut Shut (1983)

Quality art wave from NYC. With great basslines, and the female singer sounds a bit like Kate Pierson to me. Cut Shut edges out Know How mostly because I prefer the girls voice to the guys. I suspect they could have put out a decent LP, but it seems this was it.
 http://www.mediafire.com/?ow5pk6n4a6ad352 

Mofungo - Out of Line (1983)

More fun art punk for a proletariat on the go. Certainly there's enough spastic art squawks, sax skronks and heart attacking rhythms. To please anyone that liked their earlier 7" I put up here. On the whole Out of Line is a more elaborate flesh out of the noisy post-punk Mofungo sound. According to Robert Sietsema in the Perfect Sound Forever article several durable classics appear here. 'Three,' 'FBI Informant' (later known as 'He Sold His Soul'), and 'Migrant Assembly Line Workers.' Watermark and Happy Man are my picks. Lyrically there's enough left leaning political sloganeering to keep the flames of discontent alive against the man, or woman as the case may be.
Insert with lyrics included.
 http://www.mediafire.com/?zw8u87cr7xnelcd
  

Stutter - Collisions / Dialogues (1983)

"Stutter started as an improvisational music collective based out of Louisville, Kentucky" You can read the whole story here. On this EP the music will delight your ears with jagged post-punk kickassery, and the sounds of quasi no wave. Funded in part by an art grant. Many of the pieces here were used in conjunction with artistic devices in other mediums, just read the back cover. Mutant Sounds has their Broken Snakes LP from 1990 here.

http://www.mediafire.com/?c79roqzg0aq6c4l

B Team - Buy American (1983) What Is This? / The Kill / Caught! (1982)

A three piece post-punk band from San Francisco. That really rip it up with moves that will remind you of Gang of Four more than once. Which in my book is a wonderful thing. Buy American has better production values. Usually I don't care to much about such things, but The Kill (fantastic song that it is) is somewhat buried. I upped the volume quite a bit there. Caught! from the 7" was on a Messthetics Homework comp. Curious pick as I find it about their least interesting song. I also included the 7" insert with lyrics to The Kill, and the 7" back cover which isn't much to look at.
 http://www.mediafire.com/?zdi7a6hcy1bwfc4

American Gorilla - Forsaking All Others / Masters of War (1983)

More Los Angeles area post-punk-esque stuff. Given the affiliations with The Child Molesters and the Los Angeles Free Music Society you can figure something strange is happening here. They do a Dylan cover that by the end shows signs of art dementia. However it's Lubow's catchy phaser driven Forsaking All Others that always leaves me wanting to hear their EP.
http://www.mediafire.com/?czescvafvvbiy4c

Animal Dance - Fake / Sterile Mecca (1983)

Vibrant percussion flavored art pop new wave from Los Angeles. No six stringed thing here. Instead they entertain with sax, synth, bass, an array of percussion instruments, and very catchy vocals.

I included scans of the inner sleeve with more info on the band, and some press clippings. Seems they were compared to Bow Wow Wow quite a bit in the local press. Which is fair I suppose, but their sound has just as much in common with irregular art outsiders like The Del-Byzanteens.

Animal Dance also have a standout track on the Radio Tokyo Tapes 2 comp, I put up here.

http://www.mediafire.com/?1n37vf5akufx4ee



I found this video via the great Scavenged Luxury blog. Where they sort of pooh-poohed it. True they changed their sound, but me likes!

La Loora - This Is Not The Use They Are Longing For So They Gonna Be Fascists (1982) N'Avez Vous Rien De Mieux (1983)

La Loora from Berlin, Germany formed in 1981. Shortly thereafter they self released their first LP "This Is Not The Use They Are Longing For So They Gonna Be Fascists". Which is a masterwork, and one of the best LP's of the year. Seemingly informed by the plethora of bizarre undertakings at the time. They craft music here with nods to the neue Deutsche welle, Industrial Records, no wave, post punk or art punk, and minimal electronics. That blends all this strange architecture, and reminds one that all these labels we now affix to this kind of music is sometimes useless. As they have so much experimentation in common, being at times interchangeable.

Their next release a mini-LP. Was released by Gudrun Gut of Malaria!. A slightly better produced affair, which still has their uncompromising unique sound. Finally from the first LP gets redone, and they do an interesting epic cover of Iggy Pop's Tiny Girls. Amidst plenty of other great sounds.

Kill your pet puppy has the Berlin Atonal split with Psychic TV. Mutant sounds has Reseda Revel from 1986. There's also a myspace.

These records really need a proper reissue. You'd be a fool not to hear why.
   http://www.mediafire.com/?ye4b1955935jq55

Glad Corp (1983)

From New Kent, Virginia comes a great three song 7", of the DIY wacky minimal synth pop variety. I'm Sorry seems to be an ode to masochistic apologizes. Alone has fun helium backing vocals. Streetboys of Green my fav with it's surreal lyrics. Glad Corp also put out a three song cassette you can listen to here.  
http://www.mediafire.com/?ln9l8w4wjgcc4ll

Againagainagain – Forever / A Cold Place (1983)

Some melodic post punk from New Jersey. A Cold Place has a jangly sound close to Felt. Except the singer sounds more like Jack Grisham here than Lawrence. Forever has more of a Joy Division influence, resembling The Comsat Angels, or The Sound. Insert included.
http://www.mediafire.com/?7upq2cxy9bve5nu
  

SF Sound OF Music Club Live Vol.1 (1983)

Here's a slew of arty San Francisco bands rockin' live in 1983. About half these bands had their own records, about half not. My favorite moment is Arkansaw Man taunting the crowd with a Led Zeppelin cover, then going into one of their better songs. Me thinks there's a few standout tracks here, what say you? Was there ever a volume two?
 http://www.mediafire.com/?sp39a32ssrrt63e

James Gray - Gray Matter (1983)

An eclectic set of tunes from Canadian James Gray. The first track has an early Bill Laswell funk feel. Followed by a weird dissonant bass led jam, that wouldn't be out of place on a Mick Karn LP. Next is a strange a capella piece. JTA gives me flashbacks of being at a Crash Worship show. Flip the tape over for my favorite tune, that has a lot in common with Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day. Then we get a great moody post punk song in Afterlife. Lastly a frenetic punk prog wave instrumental a la Bill Nelson's Red Noise meets early Material. This was a recent find, and I've been listening to it a bunch. Maybe you will too.

UPDATE 1-29-12 NEW RIP. The old rip wasn't correct due to bad software. Please delete that and enjoy these proper sounds. 
http://www.mediafire.com/?njld47xf6hvovz1