Claudia Barry, “Down And Country” 12” (Epic, 1986).
Excellent, hard-hitting mid-80s electro-dance, with hip-hop-inflected beats in the then-dominant freestyle mode, but a soul/funk feel, particularly in the vocals.
Try 1/1.
11/12/12

California X, “California X” (Don Giovanni, 2013)
Heavy/melodic, hard-driving indie-guitar-rock from Massachusetts. They’ve been compared to that state’s legends, Dinosaur Jr., and make a similar sunshine-‘n’-storms folk/psych/metal blare, but are simultaneously blurrier and more straight-ahead. Really good stuff, with fine songwriting.
Try A/1, B/1
4/17/16