Calling Hearts - Haunted House / Man in a Bowler Hat (1981)

Some minimal synth from the UK. Man in a Bowler Hat has a surreal spy nursery rhyme feel, with plinky plonk Casio type keyboards. Whilst Haunted House sounds like a British B-52's trying to get spooky. In other words tons o' fun, and just in time for Halloween!

http://www.4shared.com/get/egh3XE85/Calling_Hearts.html

The Visible Targets (1982)

The first release, a self titled EP from this Seattle new wave band. Features a couple of very catchy well written punk-wave tunes. A great pop wave song, produced by Steve Fisk. However my pick is the angular art punk number Mechanical Man. Four cool tunes worthy of your ear, check it out.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4369m54q8qbr3he

Phosphenes (1982)

Awesome post punk EP by the Phosphenes from New Jersey. If you like jagged rhythms, with noisy no wave-ish guitar, and warbling sorta off key monotone vocals, all with a dark macabre tone. Hey your in luck, as these folks did it well.

http://www.mediafire.com/?c2zlupfyfmo6txn

Someone & The Somebodies - Bops On The Head (1981) Newvo / Ian (1982)

From Boston, these guys also have a couple of tracks on the Modern Method comps I posted here. There's lots of info on the band here. Seems they were fairly well known in Boston at the time. Winning a battle of the bands type thing called the Rumble, and opening for many of the bigger new wave acts of the day.

The Bops EP I find a more interesting listen. Plenty of oddly amalgamated song constructions, and nice synth noises buzzing around. With a cover of Workin' In a Coal Mine to boot. The single is more pop than Bops. Newvo is catchy jangle wave. Ian is reportedly about Ian Curtis. 

http://www.mediafire.com/?cccw2vbt27b2t88

Talking Reds - The Programme / Stop Wasting Our Time (1980)

Here's an absolutely brilliant single from the UK. Stop Wasting Our Time is an amazing weird minimal synth type song, with odd guitar lines tweaking things out even more. Some parts on The Programme remind me of early Scritti Politti. Ideologically similar too, who doesn't love shouting along with "we gotta get rid of the rich"? Apparently this was a benefit release for a weekly paper called Militant. "all profits to the militant fighting fund" Both songs are credited to Freke. If anyone knows more about Freke, I'm interested.
Insert included! 

http://www.mediafire.com/?s4v21vf1n6jxifi

The Paramedic Squad - E.P. (1981)

The Paramedic Squad were a DIY punk / post-punk band from the UK with loads of monster synth sounds in tow. Movement In Time is the hit with phase guitar, catchy shout along vocals, and killer synth workouts. Thinking Psychedelia and For You are a couple of more synth punk treats.

http://www.mediafire.com/?duu1773mf7cd9dy

Standardeviation (1980)

Great compilation from Atlanta, GA with the new wave punk sound of 1980. KAO4S are my favorite with their synth infected new wave quirk. No Exit do great spooky post punk on Dead Man. The Restraints will please the KBD crowd, snotty vocals and all. The Basics do moody surf punk on Paddle Out. The Swimming Pool Q's and Operator check in with catchy new wave pop.
Insert included : )

http://www.mediafire.com/?115chul9ehzac4j

Bay Of Pigs (1984)

Not to be confused with the earlier Bay of Pigs from San Francisco. This band was from Los Angeles, and while this is not as odd as the preceding band. This still has some alluring post punky charm. The singers colorful spazz vocalizing strategies will amuse and entertain.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mlj2zjw7d1bpk99

The Urbane Gorillas & The Really Schmaltzy Cabaret Boys (1981)

A split record with the DIY post punk of The Urbane Gorillas on one side. I'm really keen on the humorous minimal synth of The Really Schmaltzy Cabaret Boys on the other side. This was the first release by Inane Records. There's a posthumous website detailing it's history here. T-shirt offer insert included.

http://www.mediafire.com/?48o76cz8r51lfo3

The Catholics - Tropical Russians / Echo Echo

Here's a post punk / new wave sounding 7" with no date on it, and not much info to be found on the web. The look and sound seems early 80's, and UK in origin, but who knows? Echo Echo is the standout track, with a noisy synth solo to top things off.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9ec469viou284a5

A Wicked Good Time! (1981) / A Wicked Good Time Volume Two (1981)

Two marvelous compilations put out by Modern Method Records. All the bands were from the Boston area. A succinct review of the first comp found at RYM says "Side A is the punk stuff and side B is the weird stuff. What side are you on?" Well if I have to chose... My only quibble is Aimee Manns' Young Snakes, their Brains and Eggs is classic weird post punk. Also side A is more power pop really, and not every song on side B is weird. Guess that's more than one quibble. I'm just being pedantic because there is plenty of stellar weirdness from the likes of Bound & Gagged, Someone and the Somebodies, The Loners, Suade Cowboys, Young Snakes, and Roger Millers' Bird Songs of the Mesozoic. Plus a bunch of other fine tunes.

A Wicked Good Time!
http://www.4shared.com/get/G8dwGmKv/A_Wicked_Good_Time.html

Volume two sprinkles the weird stuff around. The post punk of CCCP-TV being my favorite. Check out the Propeller Product EP for another great tune of theirs. Also there's a Pastiche tune, the latter of which devolves into an incredibly cool minimal synth sound. Vitamin do an art damaged punk-folk thing. November Group have a great synth wave track. Plenty of other interesting sounds. The record insert is included.

A Wicked Good Time Volume Two
http://www.mediafire.com/?dfl7olzmgec7pv9