Working at Ultimate Ears, it’s safe to say we’re all music fanatics. To show our support, the UE Artists to Watch program highlights and features artists – some unsigned,  some from major labels from all over the world.  The program has raised visibility for more than 100 artists and it continues to grow. This is

Aspiring musicians are easy to come by, but the lucky ones who make it are not. Up-and-coming artists can only hope to be the next Radiohead or Nirvana, but the reality is all artists face incredible competition that makes it tough to impress. For this reason, this month’s Ultimate Ears Artists to Watch program focuses

You will definitely want to add our July Artist to Watch alternative band, The Lonely Forest to your summer music playlist. Before The Lonely Forest caught the attention of NYLON and TEEN VOUGE, they had hooked Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie. He loved their music so much that he signed them to his

When Ira Glass of NPR’s This American Life write a band’s bio, you know something big is afoot – something like the OK Go releasing albums on their own label. To follow-up the re-release of their last studio album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, OK Go just released an amazing live compilation titled

Ultimate Ears is now broadcasting over Rdio. We’ve taken the best artists from our Ultimate Ears Presents… and our Artists to Watch program and we’ve built over 10 playlists for your listening pleasure. That’s over 10 free hours of amazing music – but don’t take our word for it – go and listen for yourself.

So at our weekly TV night, I turned to Robert Plant and said “Robby, what do you think of that band Low” to which he answered: “It’s great music; it’s always been in the house playing away beside Jerry Lee Lewis and Howlin’ Wolf, you know.” We then went back to watching TV.

It’s 65 degrees and sunny today as “Snowtorious B.I.G.” is bearing down on the East Coast with a whole bunch of this stuff they call snow and ice.  I can’t help but think that our February Artist to Watch – Best Coast – really nailed it with their band name.  I also can’t help but

Don’t let the name Hernandez fool you.  I’ve got Irish blood pumping through these veins.  Well, 50% at least.  So imagine my excitement when selecting Two Door Cinema Club as one of our artists to watch this Month.

To kick off the new year, we bring you none other than S. Carey as this month’s Artist to Watch. Let me be the first to remove the mystery and tell you that his first name is Sean. Now that I have spoiled that, let me also tell you that he makes some incredible music.

San Diego is the land of Sun, Fun, Blink-182 and a USD kid named Bryce who is actually taller than me but I still call him a kid. Bryce and I collaborate on a lot of music related stuff and he greatly encouraged us to have a good hard look at this month’s Artist to