title: Offbeat
text: # Offbeat
  
  Offbeat, originally a music term meaning "not following the standard beat", which has also become a general synonym for "unconventional" or "unusual", may refer to:
  
  ## Music
  
  * Syncopation
  * Off-beat (music), the musical term in more detail
  * Off Beat (label), a German record label for electronic underground music
  * OffBeat (music magazine), a music magazine based in New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip, a compilation album from the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series
  * Offbeats (band), a San Antonio-based garage punk band
  * Offbeat Recording Studio & Music Productions, based in Edinburgh, Scotland
  
  ## Film and TV
  
  * Off Beat (1986 film), a 1986 comedy film
  * Off Beat (2004 film), a 2004 drama film
  * Offbeat (film), a 1961 film
  
  ## Others
  
  * Offbeat generation, association of writers united by their opposition to mainstream publishing
  * Off Beat (comics), a 2005 manga-influenced comic series by Jennifer Lee Quick
  