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St George's Day Featured This Week bonanza!
If last week was a bit thin on the ground for new releases… this week overfloweth! So much so that we have had to extend this week’s...
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Mr P
Apr 14, 20238 min read
The Shape of Ska to Come
This week, instead of our usual round up of new and pre-release ska we will look to … what is the future of ska? Been a slightly slow...
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Mr P
Jul 18, 20225 min read
Pookout Party 2 - The White Horse is Back and it rocked!
One of the UK’s toughest pubs (According to Sky) in the UK – check. One of the hottest days of the year – check. (the local pharmacy...
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Mr P
Apr 30, 20222 min read
Blistering New Skacore album by Glory Hunters - We Play Muzik
It is a deeply troubling time that we live in. We are still in the midst of a global pandemic (although the media don’t admit this now)...
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Mr P
Apr 10, 20223 min read
Skaline - Easter's Coming - This Week's Ska Releases
It’s Easter week and we have some Easter treats for you this week on www.buttondownradio.com First up – this week’s Featured This Week...
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Mr P
Mar 26, 20223 min read
New Chainska Brassika Album - Tales of a Londoner
Tales of a Londoner is a proper album – y’know – 2 sides of music and every track is a banger. Not just a bunch of tracks thrown together...
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Mr P
Mar 6, 202212 min read
It's been a while... 2022 is skanking again!
Sorry folks, I have been a bit remiss with the blog - here's a round up of what's happened over the past few weeks. These are the...
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Mr P
Jan 1, 20222 min read
Best Ska Release 2021 Button Down Radio Listener's Poll
2021 Listeners poll What an awesome year for music! Pretty crap for everything else... 2446 Votes on our Best ska release 2021 poll was a...
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Mr P
Jan 1, 20221 min read
New Feature SKAlendar
New Feature at https://www.buttondownradio.com/what-goes-on is... the SKAlendar Bringing you the list of only gigs, festivals, DJ sets...
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Mr P
Dec 19, 20215 min read
Redeemon - Metalliska is here... and it's good!
One of the most hotly anticipated releases of the year is the debut release by Redeemon. Masterminded by Pook (Pookout Records, Beat the...
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Mr P
Jul 11, 20213 min read
New Captain Accident Album! Good Press for Bad Press!
A welcome return from Captain Accident (Adam Parsons) with his first full length album since 2016’s Wake & Break. Bad Press is the sound...
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Mr P
Jun 7, 20214 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up of The Global Ska Scene 7th June 2021
A bit late this week - midweek edition! Let's kick off with BDR stalwarts The Bakesys. This band has quite the heritage from Bakesys...
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Mr P
May 23, 20216 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up of The Global Ska Scene 23rd May 2021
Been living with the new Bim Skala Bim album for a couple of weeks now. Sonic Tonic is the Boston outfit's 13th album and it is a belter....
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Mr P
May 9, 20214 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up of The Global Ska Scene 9th May 2021
Yes, yes, yes! Here we go people – almost a third of the way through May and on the back of a MASSIVE Bandcamp Friday! TOP news has to be...
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Mr P
May 2, 20213 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up Of The Global Ska News 2nd May 2021
First up - news has to be about The Selecter's 40th anniversary reissue of Too Much Pressure which released this week and got ska back...
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Mr P
Apr 11, 20215 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up Of The Global Ska News 11th April 2021
Morning all - first off, today is the birthday of the Original Rude Boy, Dr Neville Staple. Neville Staple found fame with the Specials...
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Mr P
Mar 28, 20214 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up Of The Global Ska News 28th March 2021
Morning everyone - in the week that we celebrated the life of Ranking Roger, we get treated to the new single by Ranking Junior. Like Fly...
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Mr P
Mar 21, 20215 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up Of The Global Ska News 21st March 2021
Alright fellow humans! Let's GO! So we've been living with this pandemic thing for a year now and it sucks. However, a tiny silver lining...
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Mr P
Mar 14, 20214 min read
Ska-Line A Round Up Of The Global Ska Scene 14th March 2021 or..
Well to be honest, after Bandcamp Friday last week... it's been a bit quiet except for... BUTTON DOWN RADIO IS BACK ONLINE BABY! As we...
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Mr P
Mar 6, 20214 min read
Ska-Line Round Up Of The Global Ska Scene 7th March 2021
Morning all - been a bit busy with the new station of late... Let's dive in - lots to see and hear NEW BOSSTONES ALBUM IMMINENT May 7th...
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