Under The Gun Review is proud to bring you this exclusive interview from Jesse Hill, lead vocalist of Norfolk, Virginia’s Over The Ocean. With one Spartan Records release under their belt and their sophomore effort Be Given To The Soil on its way, this group is set to continue delivering their original brand of ambient creativity […]
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The Ocean Between Us Vocalist Leaves Band – Opens Up About Financial Hardship
April 1st, 2013 
Kriston McConnell As far as we can tell, this is no prank. Lead vocalist of The Ocean Between Us Judd Wrighton has written a very lengthy statement about his departure from the band. Turns out that because of that and the fact that they couldn’t afford to hire a van driver they had to end their recent […]
Frank Ocean And Producer Malay Sued For Infringement Over ‘Channel Orange’ Track “Lost”
March 10th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor This isn’t your typical “recently successful artist slapped with copyright infringement lawsuit” type story. R&B wunderkind Frank Ocean and his frequent producer/collaborator Malay have been named in a lawsuit over “Lost”, the eleventh track and most recently single released from Ocean’s channel ORANGE. Island Def Jam and Universal music were also listed as defendants in the suit. […]
Over The Ocean Premieres Song; Launches Vinyl Pre-Order
February 26th, 2013 Jacob Tender This morning, while I was snatching up my copy of Mae’s Destination: Beautiful on vinyl at the Spartan Records web-store, I happened upon a band called Over The Ocean who had recently put out a pre-order for a record of their own. The album is called Be Given To The Soil and is being pressed on an […]
Frank Ocean Grammy Rehearsal Video and an Unreleased Song Called “Eyes Like Sky”?
February 24th, 2013 Jacob Tender Frank Ocean had an interesting night at the Grammy Awards this month. While the R&B singer took home several awards, he also walked away with a not-so-hot performance of “Forrest Gump.” The artist claims that his ear piece was not functioning correctly and that led him to being slightly off-key. We, of course, have to […]
Frank Ocean Won’t Press Any Charges Against Chris Brown
February 2nd, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Frank Ocean will not be pursuing a case against Chris Brown, according to a statement posted to his Tumblr today. Waxing philosophic on aggression and compassion, Ocean wrote that he would, “choose sanity” over the prospect of retribution against Brown for his alleged assault last week on Ocean in the parking lot of a recording […]
Interesting Facts Come To Light In Result Of Sunday Night’s Chris Brown – Frank Ocean Altercation
January 29th, 2013 Adrian Garza Saying Chris Brown‘s name sort of leaves this odd taste in your mouth. Even if you’re slinging mud, you’re still touching mud… and that’s just dirty. Moving along, here’s a round-up of what we’ve recently come to find since yesterday’s reports. Included are reports of the reasons for the fight, reports on the absence of […]
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Frank Ocean Ft Outkast – “Pink Matter” (Remix)
January 12th, 2013 James Shotwell A week after teasing the internet with his time in the studio, Big Boi has emerged from the booth to release his remix of Frank Ocean’s Andre 3000-assisted song, “Pink Matter.” Serving as the first time Big Boi and Andre 3000 have been on a track together since Outkast last released an album, the remix […]
Frank Ocean Cited For Possession Of Marijuana, Other Charges
January 3rd, 2013 Matthew Dondiego R&B crooner Frank Ocean achieved major success in 2012, receiving tons of praise in his rise to an absolute sensation. So far in 2013 the only thing Frank Ocean has received is a citation from California police. According to TMZ, the Odd Future member was pulled over for speeding, traveling at 90 MPH in a […]
STREAM: Frank Ocean – Scared of Beautiful (Demo)
October 16th, 2012 Jacob Tender When not touring the world, appearing on national tv, recording his own material, or appearing on songs with his Odd Future pals, Frank Ocean writes for other recording artists. This is, in fact, how the singer/songwriter got his start, writing songs for pop music giants Justin Bieber and Beyoncé. Despite his recent solo success, he […]
Tyler, The Creator Releases Statement On Frank Ocean’s Sexuality
July 5th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Tyler, The Creator’s name has come up quite a bit in the aftermath following Frank Ocean’s courageous act to open up about his sexuality. Tyler has been under fire, being labeled as a “homophobe”, along with some of Odd Future’s lyrics coming under scrutiny as well. In order to clear up some of the things […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Frank Ocean – Thinking About You
April 16th, 2012 James Shotwell After being pulled from the blogosphere a few months back, High 5 Collective’s video for “Thinking About You” is back. Now the official video, or so we are lead to believe since the video appears on Def Jam’s official website, the visuals for “Thinking About You” were original created as a piece of fan art. […]