The JanSport Unzipped Compilation: Volume 2 launches this Wednesday right here! All you’ll need to do is visit us on Facebook to get your free download code. Once you have the code, you’ll be able to download 12 glorious tracks from some of our favorite artists in music today and refresh that boring old playlist you’ve been listening to for the last 6 months.
Check back this Wednesday for the complete compilation lineup, info on the featured artists, and instructions on how to receive and redeem your download code.
Last year’s JanSport Battle of the Bands winners The Seedy Seeds just release this new video for “I Am the Conductor” off of there recent album Verb Noun. This band always manages to put a smile on our faces!
The count down has begun: one month until public voting opens for the JanSport Battle of the Bands! We’ll be narrowing down our top 50 artists from those that submitted and you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite starting January 1st 2012.
Don’t forget to enter your band in our Battle of the Bands! Just click the banner above for more info.
The winners will win a trip to this year’s SXSW in Austin, TX to perform at the Sonicbids SXSW Party presented by JanSport!
We got a good chuckle out of this. For those of you that never got to experience the joys of Bob Ross, click here.
This is the last week to enter your band in the JanSport Battle of the Bands! Click the banner above to find more information on how to enter.
One hundred artists will be selected to move on to the public voting round where fans can vote for their favorite band. The winning group will win a trip to SXSW to play the official Sonicbids SXSW party, presented by JanSport.
Let us hear what you’ve got!
This last week saw two more event in the JanSport College Battle of the Bands series.
On Wednesday, 11/16 the battle was held at Ninkasi Brewery in Eugene, Oregon. This event was the final round of the Eugene series and saw The Harmed Brothers take the win. The event also raised over $300 dollars for Big City Mountaineers! Stay tuned for a track from the guys in the streaming player. Thanks to Ninkasi Brewery, all the bands, and everyone that came to support a great cause!
Friday was the Battle at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The event was hosted at the A&R Bar and saw four bands compete for the regional win. Deadwood Floats took the win and over $500 was raised for Big City Mountaineers. We’ll have a track up from the band soon!
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, come out tonight to the Chevron Auditorium at the International House on the UC Berkeley campus at 6:30 pm for a special presentation of Mountainfilm On Tour. Festival director David Holbrooke will be presenting a program that consists of a selection of films from the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride.
Ms. Dwan enjoyed painting our Bonfire Sessions Cityscape bags so much she wanted to kick out a few bags from her own inspiration. Check out her custom artwork on these SuperBreak packs!
For more of Emily’s work check her out here.
Check out the video recap from our LA launch party for our limited edition HUF collaboration bag.
