Offbeat Tracks

We MIGHT like you better if you listen to this episode. Check out the short but sultry and attitude-y career of the finest no wave group ever to come from San Francisco.

Oh, that hair. Oh, that swagger. Oh, Robbie!

We figured it was only right to give the wife of last week's topic a proper career exploration. Our buddy Genie joins us as we step through her two brilliant pop albums.

The mysterious Nikki. We literally aren't even sure what his real name is, but this one-album wonder is worth a listen anyway, so join us as we do so this week!

Our discussion of the queen of gothy noisy dance-rock leads us to coin a few new terms for genetalia.

Another Offbeat Tracks first: Our first adult comtemporary artist! Journey with us through the brief but varied career of this British songstress.

We like to use these Superlatives episodes to talk about artists that we don't usually get to talk about, so why not discuss our favorite offbeat tracks by artists that everyone knows?

You probably know Sylvester's disco hits from the '70s, but we'll bet you've never heard his underrated 1984 electro Hi-NRG album! Allow us to introduce you to this overlooked classic.

A glamourized musical biopic about the formation of The Village People with a lot of super gay disco tunes and Caitlyn Jenner in hot pants? Count us in!

How did one woman manage - in four songs - to cover human genetic evolution, the American uptight view of sex, the magic of everyday banality, and her fears about the return of Nazism? Find out this week as we pore over the only four songs ever recorded by what may be our most offbeat artist yet.