And boy is it a good one. On top of featuring our recent JanSport Battle of the Bands winners, Hotfox, the showcase will also feature Rubblebucket, Voltaire Twins, and ANR. You can RSVP and see the full lineup here. Read More >

We’re excited to announce that we’re bringing the JanSport Bonfire Sessions back for 2012 with more city stops and more bands! The third annual JanSport Bonfire Sessions is set to take place in five cities across North America. The idea is simple – a free outdoor concert featuring a locally adored band and the good vibes of a backyard bonfire. This year, the live performances will be captured on film for a new live music documentary series on Noisey.com, VICE’s online music channel. For [...] Read More >

As always, we are providing special JanSport Right Packs to the first 2000 artists to show up for registration at SXSW. The packs will come in all sorts of colors, but they’ll all feature the special Official SXSW Performer patch. Check it out.     Read More >

We’ve done it: JanSport has a Youtube channel, and to celebrate we’ve posted three never before seen videos from last year’s Bonfire Sessions events! Check out the highlights from Seattle, Montreal, and Austin. Read More >

Do you like it? We know, change can be tough, but click around a bit and we think you’ll LOVE the new features: a squeaky clean look, some new and super easy ways to share our posts with your friends and more JanSport coverage than ever including our newest gear, events, what’s happening in the world outside, art, and of course, it couldn’t be the Unzipped blog without a hefty dose of music. Speaking of music, did you notice the our fancy new streaming [...] Read More >

A few more bands have been added to The Official Sonicbids SxSW Showcase, presented by JanSport and we’re pumped. NYC based Rubblebucket was announced yesterday and we can’t wait to see these guys live. They’ve built up quite a reputation as a live band and their debut full length, Omega La La, came out last year to much critical acclaim. The party is 3/16 at Maggie Mae’s on 6th Street in Austin, TX. You can RSVP here to make sure you’re one of the [...] Read More >

Every vote counts, so head over the the SF Deli and vote for Big Tree! If the group wins they get some free recording time which,  as anyone that’s ever played in a band knows, is better than gold. Plus, recording time means new tunes for all of us! Speaking of new tunes, Daytrotter just posted a brand new session from Big Tree’s tour last fall that includes a new, previously unrecorded track called “Time”. Listen to it here. Read More >

Check it out HERE. Some great headliners and even better side stage bands. Who’s going? Read More >

Did anyone else see Bon Iver win the Grammy for Best New Artist last night? Pretty sweet for a midwestern guy without a major label production or promotion budget (Bon Iver is on Bloomington, Indiana’s Jagjaguwar.) The Arcade Fire winning last year’s album of the year was pretty sweet, but this is a whole new level of independent music achieving mainstream success and we couldn’t be happier about it. For any fans out there, watch Justin Vernon and the Roots turn his song  ”Perth” [...] Read More >

Friends of JanSport Big Tree have been nominated for The Deli’s San Francisco Band of the Month and they need your vote! It’s easy and takes two seconds. Just click here to vote- no need for email addresses or logins, just a click and you’re done. Big Tree was a contributor to our Unzipped Compilation: Volume 2 (which, by the way, is still available for FREE download- just click the banner to the right, or right here) and, after a cross country relocation from [...] Read More >