Bradford Cox, Eleanor Friedberger Join Converse Party

So do Kid Sister, Does It Offend You, Yeah? Update: And YACHT! And more images!
Bradford Cox, Eleanor Friedberger Join Converse Party

Pictured above: Jona Bechtolt of YACHT, Kid Sister, Bradford Cox 

Everybody loves Converse, right? (I'm not gonna lie, I'm wearing a pair of black hi-top Chucks right now.) Well, the list of famous and semi-famous rock stars getting paid to profess their love for the Nike-owned shoe brand just got a bit longer. And weirder.

The latest print ad campaign for the sneaks features Deerhunter/Atlas Sound dude Bradford Cox and the Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger, in addition to previously reported Converse-inspired collaborators Julian Casablancas, Santogold, and Pharrell Williams. We grabbed some scans from the new issue of Blender to show you what it looks like.

Here's Eleanor, Julian, Bradford, and Gallows' Frank Carter:

And here's Sophie Kasakove from Care Bears on Fire, Morgan Quaintance of Does It Offend You Yeah, Santogold, and Pharrell:

Billboard.com reports that Kid Sister and MGMT are also featured in new Converse ads. If you recall, previous spreads in this same campaign featured Sid Vicious, Ian Curtis, Common, Karen O, Hunter S. Thompson, James Dean, and M.I.A. M.I.A. also recently performed at a Converse/Target after-party for the MTV Movie Awards, according to the L.A. Times. She reportedly received $100,000 for her performance, and told the audience that she's going to use the money to build schools in Liberia.

As for that Santogold/Pharrell/Julian collab we first heard in mid-May, well, now you can hear it too, over at Stereogum. It's got a title now, "My Drive Thru", but it's still not very good.

Posted by Amy Phillips on Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:25pm