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The Red Button is the refreshingly retro collaboration between singer-songwriters Seth Swirsky and Mike Ruekberg. Their original songs showcase their shared passion for the juicy melodies and catchy hooks of the pop music of the ’60s and ’70s, yet still crackle with present day energy. You will not be able to resist the urge to sing along. Seth Swirsky has written hit songs for dozens of artists, ranging from Rufus Wainwright (“Instant Pleasure”) to Al Green to Tina Turner, Taylor Dayne (“Tell it to My Heart”) among many others. (He’s also written three bestselling books about baseball and made a...

Hello, Strap The Button is an experimentally minded musical collective based in Mid-Wales (sort of - perhaps a little more spread around at the moment), who play a progressive/psychedelic sort of instrumental music. We have much fun when improvising but also when playing more structured bits and bobs. We enjoy it. We were once associated with an Independent Nottingham based Record Label called Good Name for a Racehorse (www.goodnameforaracehorse.co.uk or http://www.myspace.com/goodnameforaracehorse). The fine chaps at GNFaR released two of our records - "What Kind of Rat-Bastard Psychotic Would Play That Song Right Now at This Moment?" and "Going to Jib...

3 (of 5) members of the electronic rock band The Faint. Based in Omaha Nebraska, Todd Fink, Jacob Thiele, and Clark Baechle make up the more electronic club act Depressed Buttons. Recent remixes for Boys Noize, Shinichi Osawa, Herr Styler, and Boy 8-bit. .

In summer 2007, UK underground punk favorites The Filaments reformed to record an album expressing their love of 2-tone era ska and heavy dub reggae. Joined by dancehall sensation MAJAH TUNDER and one-luv gangsta folk pioneer Babar Luck, the result was an exciting clash of sounds filling the gap between the Specials and Rancid, Symarip and The Clash. That sound is the BABYLON WHACKERS. With its positive message of love, hope and unification, debut album ‘Happy Days With….’ maintains an energetic old-school sound that has had people talking all across Europe. Effortlessly blending, ska, soul, funk, reggae, dub and more...