I am so excited to introduce you to our next Ultimate Ears Artist To Watch band  for October – Set Sail.  They are truly a band that LIVES for music.  They started off as buskers (the official genre label for street performers) and have recently transcended to recording an album and are now doing small venues

Well, it’s another great month for music and for the Ultimate Ears Artists to Watch program. For October, we’ll be featuring the new album from Jack’s Mannequin “People and Things.”  For those of you who don’t know, the lead singer and the drive behind Jack’s Mannequin is Andrew McMahon, an Orange County native (born and

Our next September Ultimate Ears Artist to Watch is Grammy Nominated Latino band, Locos Por Juana.  They are not nearly as well known as they should be probably because they play a style that defies labels and boundaries. Although they are all Latino, they mix English and Spanish in their songs. They blend reggae, big

Our Ultimate Ears Artist to Watch for September is indie pop duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. They are having a great year with the release of their first full-length album as well as landing a spot at Lollapalooza Festival last month.  The two main band members, Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott are products of the

Our next August Ultimate Ears Artist to Watch is Trinidad-born, Brooklyn raised Theophilus London. He calls his music New Wave, Wired Magazine referred to him as a rapper.  He may be relatively unknown outside of music insiders, but not for long. Theophilus London recently released a series of wildly popular independent mixtapes and the Lovers Holiday

Of Montreal has been adored by the indie scene for over 15 years and featuring their new release is a huge win for the Ultimate Ears Artist to Watch program.   Of Montreal just released the short “folk” EP called Controllersphere – as folk is interpreted and defined by their creative spirit. Of Monreal’s music

We are honored to showcase some touching music this month in our Ultimate Ears Artists to Watch program starting with the late and great John Martyn.  His raw and haunting posthumous album was compiled and released with love by longtime friend and Grammy Winning producer Jim Tullio. John Martyn was a cult-status musician’s musician. He

At Ultimate Ears, our busiest time of the year for Custom Stage Earphones is Spring as all the bands prepare for their Summer tours. And of course we love going to see many of these bands perform during the summer touring season. The opportunities to attend festivals and discover new bands every summer around the world are

As you have read in my previous blogs this month, we officially dedicated the Month of May in the Ultimate Ears Artist to Watch program to classical music featuring The Cypress String Quartet and Violinist Jenny Oaks Baker. However,  to keep in the same spirit of our Artist to Watch program to date, we decided

Continuing with our classical music theme for the month of May, our next Artist To Watch is chart topping crossover violinist Jenny Oaks Baker. Jenny’s latest album, Then Sings My Soul, recently soared to No. 1 on the Billboard classical traditional music chart, knocking famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma to No. 2. Then Sings My Soul