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John Mayer - 2012

LIVE VIDEO: John Mayer Sings Onstage For The First Time In Two Years

After being plagued with a granuloma in his throat, John Mayer had to make the difficult decision to stop performing onstage and go on vocal rest. After multiple surgeries, a new record, and months of vocal rest, Mayer is finally working his way back into live performance. At a firefighter’s benefit in Montana, the singer/songwriter took a […]

UTG LIST: Individual Staff Members’ Best Of 2012 (Albums, EPs, Film)

Last week UTG brought you our Top 10 favorite albums of this year, as nominated and voted on by the staff. Well today we’re pleased to give you each member’s individual picks for the best of the year. However this list does something a little different: not only does it count down the top 10 […]

UTG LIST: Best Albums of 2012

All year the Under the Gun Review staff has weighed in on what we thought about the albums the music scene had to offer. This year has been good to us musically, but it’s a really hard process to shave down to our ten favorites of the year. As you’ll see when you read through […]

John Mayer - 2012

John Mayer Granuloma Update, Claims To Be Almost Healed

Today is a good day to be a John Mayer fan. Whereas no medical confirmation has surfaced, it seems as though, according to John Mayer’s Tumblr, his granuloma “is almost healed…” The singer/songwriter announced his “indefinite break” from live performing back in March, having to completely scrap the lengthy tour that followed the release of […]

WATCH: Frank Ocean & John Mayer on SNL

Saturday Night Live premiered last night with a big bang and an even bigger music performance. Frank Ocean, who caught headlines earlier this year for coming out and openly loving a man, was the guest, and had a superstar as his lead guitarist – John Mayer. Mayer is on vocal rest, and this seems like […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Frank Ocean – Pyramids

Just hours after Frank Ocean lit up the Saturday Night Live stage with John Mayer, the video for the crooner’s second performance tonight has been released. Sampling a little “Pink Matter” to start it off, the video makes some cuts until we hear the familiar synth crescendo for “Pyramids.” The video uses an edited version […]

Frank Ocean Performing With John Mayer On SNL

Odd Future’s own Frank Ocean will be performing on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, with John Mayer, this coming Saturday and we are excited to watch this great duo. Check out the Tweet from Ocean earlier this morning! If you have not had the chance to purchase Ocean’s new album, Channel Orange, please […]

John Mayer - 2012

MUSIC VIDEO: John Mayer – “Queen of California”

The music video for John Mayer‘s “Queen of California” is finally here. The leading single from Mayer’s Born and Raised was just released this morning, and it seems to borrow quite heavily from Matt Costa’s music video for “Cigaretta Eyes.” Like Costa’s, Mayer’s video seems to be shot in one continuous take (with a few computerized […]

John Mayer - 2012

John Mayer Announces New EP, Undergoing Surgery

John Mayer has done a lot of growing up in the past few years. After giving up on teasing the media, quitting Twitter, and experiencing some medical problems, the singer-songwriter has gone from controversial playboy to a more modern-day Bob Dylan. His latest studio effort, Born and Raised,  received critical acclaim and is widely considered his foremost artistic achievement. […]

Frank Ocean Streams Channel Orange

After a long wait, Frank Ocean‘s Channel Orange has finally arrived (digitally). If that wasn’t enough, Frank was kind enough to post a stream of the record on his website. You can check that out here. The record features some additional talent to compliment the incredible vocal prowess held by Ocean. Included in that lucky group […]

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John Mayer Responds to Taylor Swifts’ “Dear John”

In a recent chat with Rolling Stone, John Mayer finally came out with his feelings on Taylor Swift’s song “Dear John,” which appeared on her quadruple-platinum album Speak Now.  It’s was no secret, from the start, that the song was about Mr. Mayer. Back in 2009, there was speculation that the two were dating and […]

John Mayer - 2012

John Mayer Interviewed on NPR Music’s World Cafe

John Mayer‘s 5th studio album, Born & Raised, was released May 22nd. Just before it was released he sat down with NPR to discuss the development of the record, his throat condition, Bob Dylan, and a variety of other subjects in a span of about 40 minutes. John is unable to tour at the time being […]