Sharon Brown is an interesting story. A talented session musician turned dance music diva, and our first subject who has also been on The People's Court!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

In our 2019 retrospective, we recount our favorite offbeat discoveries of the year!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Before there was Big Time Rush, and significantly after there were The Monkees, there were the Guys Next Door. And boy were they cheesy.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Now known as a versatile at-least-quadruple threat, the great Vanessa Williams kicked off her music career with an album chock full of delicious dancepop and beautiful ballads.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

She may have recorded one of the greatest ballads in the history of pop music and kickstarted the career of one of pop music's all-time greatest singers, but we spend most of this episode pining for the release of the song she sings in Beat Street.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Two guys approach superproducer Arthur Baker with the idea of making an entire album based on the Dhar Braxton single "Jump Back (Set Me Free)," and he jumped right on it.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Are Propaganda more German than Kraftwerk? At what point must a band record under a different name? We're back from our summer break, and we tackle this and more in our most German episode yet!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Doing proper justice for one of the all-time great pop divas.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

A rare '80s soundtrack that really deserves to be counted among the classics!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

The two-hit wonder that you probably thought was a one-hit wonder! (Though we still aren't convinced their second hit actually exists.)โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

It's that time again! Connor is back with us, and we're perusing all the oohs, ahhs, and wtfs of Eurovision 2019.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

It's time for a Superlatives episode, and this time we're tackling non-dance songs that were covered as club cuts (mostly in the '90s, because people couldn't seem to stop doing it then for some reason).โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

One man retires from a life of academia to make an album in his bedroom, and ends up being credited by many as the lone savior of dance music.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

A Jesse-Johnson-formed band that spent two albums exploring the dancepop side of the Minneapolis sound.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Did you know that Paula Abdul's feline friend made an album of his own? He's kind of a bad kitty.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

The incredibly fascinating story of how a young mobile DJ, a budding producer, and an accounting student changed the face of dance music.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

You know two of their songs, but have you ever heard any of the others? There's some good stuff here. Also, they aren't British - who knew! (Not us.)โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

In 1984, a 15-year-old girl from New York gets signed to a big band label after her dad sends in a demo tape. She then makes three albums of fabulous pop music before fading into obscurity, except for once to make a theme song to an SNL movie.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Serving additional duty as both a pop culture snapshot and perhaps the soundtrack to Danielle's intimate moments, several popular artists, bands and composers collaborated in 1984 on a soundtrack album for the Olympic Games.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

First emerging in the late '70s as part of the Philly sound, this week's artist quickly grew into her chops as a singer-songwriter in the fabulous world of disco and Hi NRG.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

A look back at Evelyn "Champagne" King's 1985 album that never even cracked the Billboard 200, and we don't understand why, because it's pretty darn fantastic.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Have a big job interview? About to talk to a hottie who intimidates you? About to carry the creme brulee you just made down three flights of stairs to your car and drive it to your mom's house? Whatever the situation, these are the songs that get us pumped up, and we're sure they'll work for you too.…

You probably know her from her bout with Freddy Krueger and her haunting horror theme, but today we're gonna talk about the rest of her music career!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Shedding some light on the enigmatic group and their mysterious frontwoman responsible for a couple of the most recognizable dance hits of the early '90s.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Three sisters and the funkiest No Wave you've ever heard!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Why, if there are indie musicians who own the rights to their own songs, might they have 'Til Tuesday to thank? What video game character does Danielle think Aimee Mann should play in a movie? Listen to this week's episode for these answers and more!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Can you name more than one of their songs? If not, listen to this week's episode, because you've been missing out!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Two important firsts this week on Offbeat Tracks: Our first interview, and our first resurrection. Both with the same guy.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

The most modern artist we've covered, but we think you'll agree that they fit in. Join us as we discuss this most mysterious yet incredibly charming synth songstress.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

This week we're discussing a truly unsung legend of pop music, specifically the part of her career where she was, in fact, singing.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

His name may have only been one letter, but he put out three very different albums in his (relatively) short career under this name, and we're breaking them down this week. Did he creat the world's first synthpop song? You decide along with us.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

This week we're discussing our favorite songs to listen to while driving!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Two for the price of one this week as we discuss a lesser-known Vince Clarke project that produced a second lesser-known Vince Clarke project!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

This week we're discussing one half one tenth of the DeBarge family discography, because Chico's two '80s albums were pretty damn fantastic.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

What happens when the New York pop art scene collides with the burgeoning technology of sampling? Ebn-Ozn, that's what.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Perhaps the only band that gets called a one-hit wonder for two different songs in two different countries, we review the first three albums by the British art school kids who got their band name from Star Trek.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

A panned movie that happens to have an incredible Hi-NRG aerobics soundtrack! John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis crotch thrusting in '80s workout attire - why are you not listening yet??โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

A sexy model making killer late '80s pop -- have we discovered Offbeat Xanadu?โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Our first-ever listener-submitted episode idea! We're discussing the incorrigble, goofy, and oh-so-stylish sisters from Hackney who dominated the UK charts in '87 and '88.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Staying in England this week, but we're talking about a very interesting fella with a big heart, leftist politics, and a Tascam 4-track recorder.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Two lads from England who spent the '80s recording under two different band names but staying both very British and very '80s the entire time.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

Back already, it's another edition of the Offbeat Trivia Challenge! This time, we quiz each other about the artists we've covered and our favorite absurd comments over the last two years. Thank you so much for listening to us for 100 episodes!โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

A woman whose unmistakable voice you've no doubt heard, just maybe not in song (yet). How did she survive her busy 1985?โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton

From her early days making mellow gold softballs to her heyday in hard-hitting Hi-NRG, this week we scope out the career of (probably) the only person whose real name sounds faker than her stage name.โดย Max Meiners and Danielle Chilton