Offbeat Tracks

Up this week it's Aussie dance-pop duo Koo De Tah. Join us as we hold a clinic in mid-'80s pop, and declare ourselves as official federal ambassadors (which we're pretty sure we have the authority to do).

We're back, and we're talking Hi-NRG - specifically the undisputed king of it, the guy who gave the finger to classical music training and a career in boxing to screw around with synths and drum machines.

This week, we analyze what it really means to be a one-hit wonder, straight from the mouth of a lady who holds that distinction.

What other show could possibly deliver you such a cool, sexy trio of ladies who fused together everything that was great about Klymaxx and 1987? We're just that type of podcast.

Easily the strangest act that we've covered yet, and probably the only band to attempt to fuse new wave and the spirit of the wild west.

You surely know of Wham!, but did you know that two of their backup singers were totally besties who continued on in the world of dancepop after GM went solo?

We're doing something a bit different for this Superlatives episode: We've each made a list of the five things that we think are the biggest definers of '80s music.

You probably know her as a comedienne, but for a few years in the early '80s, Tracey Ullman dominated the charts in the UK and managed to land one hit here in the US. Even if you're familiar with that one hit, join us as we analyze all her homeland chart toppers.

Is porn's loss disco's gain? We tackle this question as well as several about the strange porn-viewing habits of Baby Boomers in this week's disco romp through the discography of an actress-turned-musician whose iconic track you've definitely heard.

Kick off 2018 with some offbeat adult contempo! Despite cowriting and first recording one of pop music's most iconic ballads, most US listeners don't know about her. We'll take you through Jennifer's career from schlager-pop songstress to '90s new age nightingale.

We're celebrating Christmas this year by doing talking about absolutely nothing related to Christmas. Instead, we're discussing the pride of Annapolis, MD, a group that made the transition from disco to funk to R&B dancepop!

It's our 75th episode, and to celebrate, we've invited our buddy Lee DiGeorge from Something, Something Birds on to pit us against one another in an Offbeat Trivia Challenge! See how you fare! Would you have beaten us? Probably not, but try anyway. No one likes people who don't try. Thank you for 75 episodes!!!

An album from 1988 that we were sure was dead forever has unexpectedly re-risen and has a brand new remastered release! Join us as we talk about the album that Tori Amos has inexplicably ignored for the last 30 years.

We haven't done an episode about a recently departed pop weirdo in a while; frankly because nobody that we really like has died. Until this past week, that is. So here's a look at David Cassidy's only 1980s album.

Max's girlfriend Kyle joins us this week to discuss a couple of Scottish scene girls who hit it big in Japan but were too angsty to make a second album. Danielle enjoys that we're talking about happy music with dark lyrics.

This British family band had a whole slew of hits, so why don't we ever hear about them? We hit the highlights of their numerous hits this week and take time to fawn over many of their outfits, too.

What happens when a bunch of moody art school kids buy a bunch of synths and drum machines? Tune in this week and find out!

Listener discretion advised!! We bring you our next superlatives episode a week early, for (hopefully) obvious reasons as we each offer up five of our favorite raunchy, nasty, grimy, positively filthy tracks. Pack Q-Tips.

It's been a while since we've talked italo-disco or French stuff, so this week we bring you an Italian guy who wanted to be French.

Taking two years to rev up and then appearing and disappearing from the public conscious in one brief ångström of pop music, Boy Krazy is pretty much the epitome of early '90s pop.