Offbeat Tracks

Italo-disco, synthpop, new wave, Hi NRG -- Trans-X had it all! Choose between a 3D Dance and a Monkey Dance as you hit the floor with us and step through this geeky Canadian electronic group's '80s singles.

An all-time favorite offbeat artist of ours! Check out her unique blend of synthpop and classical, as we light you up like a liner that is cruising the Atlantic.

After last week's diatribe, we're back to our old devices with another mysterious Canadian. She dropped a couple of freestyle singles in the late '80s, at some point (probably) earned a psychology degree and purchased a TR-909, then left us one amazing eurohouse album in the '90s before disappearing forever. If you know where Pobi is, or if you happen to be her, let us know, eh?

Music: The great unifier. That's the idea, anyway. This principle certainly seems to be holding true for Europe, at least, as all its countries come together each year to celebrate some differences and set others aside all in the name of making awesome (or sometimes really, really weird) music. We'll give you some history of the contest, touch on some iconic songs, a few personal favorites, and then preview this year's competition!

This week we're discussing a professional cheerleader who became a dancepop superstar! No, not her - another one!

Perhaps the only instance in music history of an artist choosing a stage name that's lamer than their actual name. Goddess was certainly fitting, though, for this one-album wonder, so join us as we explore her early italo days, her one album of pop perfection, and her later works of wokeness.

In our fourth Superlatives episode, we tackle an admittedly difficult subject for us: Songs that we used to hate, but now we like. We tend to stand by our musical snap judgments, so this was not an easy list to compile.

Where is Rockwell? Why did he release three albums in three years and then disappear completely from the music industry? We wildly speculate with very little evidence on these questions and more this week amid a lot of killer music.

Are they a boy band, or just young, dreamy British sophisti-poppers? We use discussion of some of their great songs this week to dissect what sends a song off the rails from cool to nerdy, invent a word for said derailing, and, of course, to further mock the British.

From All In The Family to alt-rocker, Danielle Brisebois has had quite the career. This week we discuss her (so far only) two albums and her journey from the small screen to the stage to the big screen.