Record Store Day 2013
Record Store Day is this Saturday! A day dedicated to celebrating indie record stores, it’s also a day when a lot of labels and artists put out limited release special editions. I’m not a vinyl collector myself, but I love seeing all the fancy RSD exclusive vinyl. Just check out the cool patterns that have...
Abstract Band Buttons
Making a band button can be a unique challenge– you have to start from scratch creating something visual based on something you hear. While band photos will show off a great wardrobe or signature haircuts, it’s always interesting to see the more abstract ways that musicians try to capture the feel of the audio in...
1960′s-Inspired Band Buttons
Taking a cue from the great Beatles tradition of shadowy band portraits (think Meet the Beatles and A Hard Days Night) comes this 2.25″ button for the band Shirley Rolls. With the groovy text and sepia tone, we were instant fans of how this button calls back to great band art of the 60′s. Band member...
Burger Records + Busy Beaver Button Up for SXSW
Our buddies at Burger Records are hitting the road to Austin! Throughout the tour they’ll be giving away their usual stash of crazy fun buttons along with some new Burger-Beaver mashup buttons: Check out the tour dates below to see where you can snag one of these limited edition buttons:
Top 10 Reasons to Button Up for SXSW
Headed to South by Southwest in a couple weeks to spread the word about your totally amazing band/movie/start-up/website/awesome idea? Busy Beaver’s got you covered with custom buttons to get you noticed by all the movers and shakers. Here are our top 10 ideas for using buttons at SXSW: 1. Network, network, network! Give people a...
flatsound Buttons Up
Musician Mitch Welling recently created these bag and topper button packs for his project, flatsound: Mitch’s label, House to Myself, started making buttons that were included as free thank you gifts sent out with orders. Fans responded so enthusiastically that they even started complaining that there wasn’t a way to just get the buttons on...
Bikini Kill Buttons Up
It’s a Riot Grrrl’s dream come true– Bikini Kill is re-releasing their first album today in honor of the 20th anniversary of it’s original debut (and the band’s 25th anniversary). To celebrate the occasion, they created this set of custom buttons. The buttons were included with some record pre-orders and are available at BikiniKill.com. Long...
Brace Yourself
Sean Fournier is a musician and button customer whose artwork caught our eye. What’s that intriguing fist and bracelet design, you ask? Sean’s buttons are being used as promotions for his new project Brace Yourself. “Every month, I give out a free song- and there is also a bracelet for every song. Wearing the bracelets...
Special Edition Buttons: Record Store Day 2012
This Saturday is Record Store Day and to celebrate we are releasing these limited edition 1-inch buttons. The artwork is based on the designs we created for Record Store Day 2011. These buttons will be tricked out in our Cosmic finish and will be available via Button-O-Matic at Saki and a few other surprise locations...
Playbutton Sales Support Northeastern Japan
Check out the newest product from Busy Beaver pals Playbutton: All profits from the sale of this wearable MP3 player will be donated to the Kishin No Kai association via Japonaide to help the ongoing post tsunami cleanup efforts in Japan. For only thirty bucks, you can support the residents in the Tôhoku region and...
Who Remembers Tuts in Chicago?
This button comes from the “Chicago” section of the Busy Beaver Button Museum. With King Tut wearing sunglasses for its logo, the legendary punk and New Wave club Tuts was located on Belmont Ave from roughly 1980-1984. Many bands played here including Bob Marley, Tom Waits, R.E.M., Prince, Run-DMC, The Cramps, Naked Raygun, Black Flag,...
Girls Rock! Chicago Buttons Up
The Busy Beaver Buttoneers headed back to camp yesterday to teach the Girls Rock! Chicago campers how to button up: The campers had a half hour to color, collage, and sticker their button designs before Buttoneer, Abbey, helped them hand crank their custom 2.25-inch buttons. Check out some of the girls’ creative designs: Thanks for...
