Something perfect happened last Thursday. At a Spotify press conference in New York City last week, up-and-comers, big names, and future hopefuls gathered to speak about their success in 2012 and their agenda for the upcoming year. At the event, Frank Ocean played a short set in which he covered “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead […]
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Frank Ocean Is Quitting Something.
October 25th, 2012 
Dan Bogosian Frank Ocean has had a pretty good year so far: appearing on Saturday Night Live with John Mayer, coming out with his love for a man, and getting rave reviews on his album Channel Orange. In a strange move that only Frank and those close to him could explain, Frank is quitting. What is he […]
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 […]
STREAM: MellowHype Ft Frank Ocean – “Astro”
October 8th, 2012 James Shotwell MellowHype have proven themselves to be an unstoppable force in 2012. They toured the world, spent a week of early Fall giving away new material, and tomorrow their Sophomore album, Numbers, will hit stores everywhere. I would hope our readers would realize by now that this is a duo that cannot be overlooked, but in […]
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Frank Ocean – “Blue Whale”
September 25th, 2012 Jacob Tender It’s September of 2012. Is it safe to assume that we all know Frank Ocean by now? Ok, let’s do that. In a tumblr post tonight, the Odd Future crooner changed things up by releasing a rap song. That’s right, instead of singing sweetly over an ambient backtrack, Frank took to rhythmic rhyme on “Blue […]
WATCH: Frank Ocean & John Mayer on SNL
September 16th, 2012 Dan Bogosian 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
September 16th, 2012 Jacob Tender 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
September 11th, 2012 Grant Trimboli 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 […]
WATCH: Frank Ocean Performs “Thinkin Bout You” At The VMAs
September 6th, 2012 James Shotwell MTV’s celebration of, and sole night of playing music videos has finally arrived. We don’t have cable here at the office, but the internet is already alive and well with videos, images, tweets, and live blogs galore keeping us informed with all the night’s shenanigans. We have been watching performances as they found their way […]
STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Mann Ft. Frank Ocean & Kendrick Lamar – “Bend Ya”
August 21st, 2012 Grant Trimboli Rapper Mann has definitely been the topic of conversation this morning, after a stream of his amazing new jam “Bend Ya” hit the internet blogs. This fire track features the games heavy-hitters Frank Ocean and Kendrick Lamar. Did you think Mann was going to mess around and release something that was not up to par? […]
Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange Not to Be Sold in Target Stores
July 13th, 2012 Jacob Tender Following the ‘coming out,’ TV appearance, and week-early iTunes exclusive of R&B crooner Frank Ocean’s debut record Channel ORANGE, it has become public that Target has decided not to stock the record on their shelves. It’s only been 3 days since we received word that Frank Ocean would be releasing his long awaited album a whole week earlier […]
WATCH: Frank Ocean’s Fallon Appearance
July 10th, 2012 Jacob Tender Yup, this is the third Frank Ocean post in a row on UTG this evening. A first? Yes. Unwarranted? No. Since the announcement that the Odd Future crooner’s record was to be released tonight, we’ve all been scrambling to prepare. In addition to that, Jimmy Fallon had him on his program this evening where Frank performed […]