The Divorce - Friends and Celebrities / Family (1980)

New wave art pop from the Netherlands. Sounds like something from Object Music by way of The Legendary Pink Dots. Two great post punk oddities with synth buzz around the extremities. The two main players Mark Glynne and Bart Zwier also put out an LP, called Home Comfort. Which you can listen to courtesy of the most exalted Mutant Sounds.  

http://www.mediafire.com/?1w681blknfjp2jy

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

Zeitgeist - Shake-Rake (1980) Touch (1980) Ball of Confusion (1981) Stop (1982)

Originally from Cornwall then London. Post-punk with two vocalists alternating male/female. Read the whole history here. Similar to A Certain Ratio, etc. In the sense that they started out with moody post punk explorations and got more and more dance friendly as the years went by, culminating in their last 7" not included here. They cover Ball of Confusion which is nice and all, but I find their own tunes a lot more engaging. I inclued the Shake-Rake 7" which I had previously posted here. Since someone had it taken down, claiming it's a Japanese anime!

 http://www.mediafire.com/?rfx68jq6do997zx

1-2-3 - Cocks and Lions (1980) Allo (1981)

Innovative dynamite art-punk warbles from England. The song Allo is especially kick-ass. Bringing to mind Cravats type brilliance.
 http://www.mediafire.com/?2g4w4a5luvwgk38

Bee Vamp - Valium Girls / Lucky Grills / Without Barry in Bengal (1981) Our Eyes Met Across the Disco Floor / Jungle Fever (1982)

From Manchester bestowing great post punk sounds with free jazz flavoring added. Music...isms blog has more info. Valium Girls is a fine example of twisted pop, that found it's way to a Messthetics comp.

http://www.mediafire.com/?g5v4iq911ib3bq5

New Left - All for You / Show Me Around / People Feel Pain (1985)

A second 7" from The New Left. I put up their first one here. I'd say the first one is the better of the two, but they both have their own charm. Sounds are still what you'd call post-punk. They added a sax player, and briefly moved to NYC from Harrisburg, PA. See the scratched out address on the back cover. Here's another band that had a classic LP in them, oh well maybe there's a demo tape somewhere. I'd love to hear more. The new left is long overdue in this country, if ya know what I mean. 

they don't feel pain like people feel pain

 http://www.mediafire.com/?i792p74irf4tmsb

Secret Mammals - Cost Too Much / Preachin' (1981)

Secret Mammals from Washington DC. Primitive guitar rock with nervous punk-wave vocals is what you'll find here. According to this website they also put an LP, and describe the a-side Cost Too Much as Gang of Four style post-punk. That seems quite a stretch to me, but it's possible my ears work differently than others. Great cover art. There are mammals they have not told you of... It's all so cryptic, sasquatch chupacabra four armed guitarists. Just how many mammals have they not told us about?
 http://www.mediafire.com/?17qrasi39qnjc6j
 

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
  

Extremes (1979)

Unconventional atypical arty synth wave from LA. Can't think of anyone to compare their sound with, which is really a compliment. Though it's somewhere near the oddball park of The Cardboards or Le Cause. Extremes have gained some small amount of underground notoriety for having two of the Stern brothers of Youth Brigade fame in their ranks. I'm going to take a wild guess here. Could Christian Kuhni be Christian Lunch. I mean a punk-wave record from Santa Monica with tons of electronics in 1979. Plus Maicol Sinatra (pictured far right) added vocals on a Christian Lunch record. The blonde guy on the cover kinda looks like a young Christian Lunch, maybe?
Ok I guess it's not Lunch.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wzaejwwe884vqcj

Liberté? / A State of Mind - Don't Vote... Subvert (1984) Liberté? - Racism in America (1985)

Liberté? were a anarcho-peace-punk band from San Francisco. Musically more diverse than your average punk band. Tending towards the arty side like fellow SF band Sleeping Dogs. The Crass influence is readily apparent in the artwork (which is included) and music. The first song sounds just like 'fight war not wars' with the mantra of don't vote inserted. The Candidates Rap and Tribal Territorial Talks are my picks with strong bass lines and Crass type wall of noise guitar.

An extensive history of  Liberté? and A State of Mind written by Robbie (vocals) can be found on Kill Your Pet Puppy here. Along with the A State of Mind / Chumbawamba split 7" and A State of Mind's EP. Mutant Sounds has the more experimental Cyrnai - Charred Blossoms done by band member Carolyn Fok. I also included an A State of Mind poster reminiscent of Penis Envy. That I must have picked up at one of their shows.

 http://www.mediafire.com/?znbfegaa572p47f