# Offbeat

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**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](/source/Syncopation)
- [Off-beat (music)](/source/Off-beat_(music)), the musical term in more detail
- [Off Beat (label)](/source/Off_Beat_(label)), a German record label for electronic underground music
- [*OffBeat* (music magazine)](/source/OffBeat_(music_magazine)), a music magazine based in New Orleans, Louisiana
- *[Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip](/source/Offbeat:_A_Red_Hot_Soundtrip)*, a compilation album from the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series
- [Offbeats (band)](/source/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)](/source/Off_Beat_(1986_film)), a 1986 comedy film
- [*Off Beat* (2004 film)](/source/Off_Beat_(2004_film)), a 2004 drama film
- [*Offbeat* (film)](/source/Offbeat_(film)), a 1961 film

## Others

- [Offbeat generation](/source/Offbeat_generation), association of writers united by their opposition to mainstream publishing
- [*Off Beat* (comics)](/source/Off_Beat_(comics)), a 2005 manga-influenced comic series by Jennifer Lee Quick

## See also

- [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)
- [Backbeat (disambiguation)](/source/Backbeat_(disambiguation))

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