Looks like the 2013 Grammy Awards will be Ocean-sized. That's right: Frank Ocean, who is up for an armload of honors at this year's Grammys, has been added to the list of performers confirmed for the 55th annual ceremony, which CBS will broadcast live on Sunday, Feb. 10 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Frank Ocean and Chris Brown came to blows on Sunday (Jan. 27) over a parking space at Westlake Recording Studios in L.A., and now, Ocean wants to press charges.
Parking spaces are serious real estate in Los Angeles -- but enough to cause two musicians to come to blows? The answer, apparently, is yes, as Frank Ocean and fellow R&B star Chris Brown put up their dukes yesterday (Jan. 27) over a studio parking spot.
Voters in the annual Pazz and Jop critics' poll love Frank Ocean. Carly Rae Jepsen, too.
High on our list of places to visit: Joe Strummer Plaza in Granada, Spain.
The nominations for the 2013 Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Awards, aka the GLAAD Media Awards, have been announced, and Frank Ocean has picked up a nod. Congrats!
Breaking news: Frank Ocean smokes pot -- and he's not afraid to admit it.
Frank Ocean may have had a bang-up year in 2012, thanks to his critically lauded and universally adored 'Channel Orange' album, but his New Year's Eve and first few days of 2013 started off on a sour note. As TMZ reports, the singer was pulled over for speeding and busted for having pot on his person.
Frank Ocean has pulled off an Outkast reunion, if only on tape.
Mumford and Sons will join MusiCares -- and lots of other musicians -- in honoring the Boss.
It's a holiday miracle: The Pogues' 'Fairy
Frank Ocean posted a song written for, but not used in, the new Quentin Tarantino movie 'Django Unchained' on Tumblr last night. And like many of the songs on his excellent debut album, the cut -- titled 'Wiseman' -- is a slow-building, moody ballad.
This year has turned out to be a big one for so-called urban music in the world of indie rock, with hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' album beating out Frank Ocean's 'Channel Orange' to top hipster bible Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2012 list. The rest of the Top 10, listed below, is rounded out by albums from several Pitchfork regulars, including Grimes, Beach House and Grizzly Bear.
