Offbeat Tracks

Say the name of this episode out loud and hopefully you'll get it faster than we did! Everybody knows their biggest hit, but we're spinning our favorite Lipps, Inc. deep cuts this week. You'll need a sequined suit and some roller skates to play along at home.

A self-taught guitarist from St. Louis who moved to Minneapolis in the early '80s to dive into the funk scene before eventually releasing three very underrated solo albums by the end of the decade. Good gawd!

Check your braids, spike your top, make sure your earring-nose chain is connected, and dance with us through the career of an underappreciated prodigy of synth and drum programming (as well as many other instruments).

In need of a new attitude? One emergency neutron dance through this inimitable soundtrack and you'll be stirring it up with gratitude in no time. The heat is on! Axel F!!

Sticking with last week's theme of underappreciated '80s nerds, this time we're looking at philosophy enthusiast Green Gartside and his band Scritti Politti. If you're from the US, then to you they're a one-hit wonder, but if you're from the UK, you know them as having a handful of synthpop hits in the middle of the decade. This episode is really just an excuse to comb through Max's favorite album of the decade.

Falco rides again! Through your ears, anwyway. Put on your nicest suit, slick your hair back, and head with us down to the nearest symphony hall and/or bath house as we remember this euro-geek who deserved far more attention than he got during his life.

What are the best songs to get down and dirty to? How do you define "sexy"? These are just a couple of the questions we tackle in our third superlatives episode.

Canadian disco! Meet Voggue, a two-album wonder who kept the golden disco sound alive (sort of) well beyond the golden era.

We honor the late pop star, whom we both admired very much, by each picking our favorite deep cuts and forgotten singles.

Breathe in, breahthe out, and step with us through a very British boy band experience.