Converse

Trash Talk at BV-Power of The Riff (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) The annual Converse/Thrasher Deathmatch is sort of a central location for SXSW-ers to congregate, and this year is no different...

Converse will bring their mobile studio, called Rubber Tracks, to Austin from March 4 - 8 (right before SXSW), inviting "emerging artists" to submit applications to get free studio time:If accepted, Texas musicians of all genres will be able to reserve studio time on one of the five days the studio will be open to record their original music alongside the Converse Rubber Tracks team of experienced engineers at no cost to them...

2:54 @ BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) In addition to sposoring the whole FADER Fort and the week of Deathmatch activities at Scoot Inn, Converse made its presence known at SXSW this year by bringing a version of its Brooklyn Rubber Tracks recording studio to Austin...

The BrooklynVegan/Power of The Riff day of the Deathmatch at Scoot Inn on March 16th was such a mammoth event, that we have a third set of pictures here to help document it...

Ceremony @ Thrasher Death Match 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) The BrooklynVegan/Power of the Riff portion of the recap begins around 2:20 in the video below...

We've teamed up with Converse and SXSW to build The FADER FORT Presented by Converse and are heading to Austin, Texas to host our annual four-day showcase...