At 5’3” tall, I am always a big fan of small people doing big things. I’m not sure if this Month’s Artist to Watch Small Black is actually Small, but the name is enough to get me listening.  And when I did listen, I heard some very big things… Small Black just finished a breakneck

A few years ago, record label Barbes helped bring Cumbias and Chicha to the American hipster scene. Europe and Latin America were already embracing these psychedelic sounds from the Amazon and it wasn’t long before New York got on board. Brooklyn was first – and soon celebrities started beating the bandwagon. Before anyone knew it

Trampled by Turtles comes to us with one of the most unique band names ever and a sound that’s just as fresh. If you have a fear of being trampled by Turtles, as I do, I beg you to not let this stop you from checking these guys out. I also suggest you join my

UE is everywhere. Never forget this. We found Outlett while visiting SIR rehearsal studios in LA. This group has become a great friend to UE and a great place to meet with artists. Outlett is a distinctly LA Rock band that has been making quite a bit of noise as of late. Good music and

The Winter Olympics so made me want to visit Canada. Vancouver juts looks awesome. So when we first heard about Mother Mother, also from Vancouver, they instantly won the gold medal for luge in my heart. A college Indie sensation, anyone who is 16 or so already knows about these guys but they were not

Following a Spanish victory in the World Cup, the Artist to Watch program is following suit with an album called El Turista by Josh Rouse. Josh is an American who has lived in Spain for the last 5 years and his music reflects his diverse background and taste. He has received critical acclaim and his

If you are a cool college kid, which I am not, then you may have heard of Citizen Cope as he’s quite huge on the college/Indie scene. His sounds are a mix of urban soul and southern folk or as I like to call it “Surban Soulk”. His new album, the Rainwater EP has been

This post comes to you live from the 2010 Vans Warped Tour. Let me set the scene for y’all. There are like 50 buses backstage. This bus city has become like a big dysfunctional family powered by Mountain Dew and Taco Bell over the past few months. But the real winners are the fans. If

Every year I head out to the Vans Warped Tour to check out the next super awesome bands that Kevin Lyman and his team bring to our ears. This year is no different. There, on a hot summer day, I found Attack Attack! These guys have been around since 2005 dishing out some very very!

As one aspect of my job at UE, I travel the world in search of awesome music. No trip is too far to find the tunes we know will rock your socks off. In Capsula we bring you a Spanish band from the Basque country. You may try and say “Todd, we know you caught