Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Frank Ocean. Thinkin’ ‘bout you. Read the Pack A.D. in MAGNET on Frank: The post Happy Birthday Frank Ocean appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Next August will mark a decade since Frank Ocean last released a studio album. While the follow-up to Blonde still seems like a longshot, the singer-songwriter has served up a few breadcrumbs in the years since: In 2020 he officially released two ... more info

Stereogum — The album is called Describe, so let’s do some description right away. For a few seconds, “Doing Now” sounds like something off of Frank Ocean’s Blonde, lo-fi guitar sounds loosely unspooling under Hannah Jadagu’s moonbeam melody. Then t... more info

Stereogum — Mavis Staples is one of those miraculous figures — someone who’s been making earth-shakingly important music for an extremely long time and who remains active and curious, with a whole lot left to say. As part of the Staple Singers, her family... more info

Obscure Sound — An engaging new EP from Mang, On The Low infuses dreamy electronic atmospherics within lyrical sentiments of yearning and heartrending love. The smooth vocals and hooky refrains exist seamlessly within productions that remind fondly of Frank Ocean’... more info

Stereogum — “Bashville On The Sugar.” “Blister.” And now “Cross My Heart And Hope To Die.” Yumi Zouma keep dropping new tracks on us this year without any further context. Is an album coming? An EP? Or are the indie-pop greats in one of those phas... more info

Stereogum — There’s a new band called WOOM, and it seems to have nothing to do with the other WOOM, a Fertile Crescent side project who got a Stereogum post in 2010. I guess “WOOM” is too good of a name to sit vacant for more than 15 years. The latest m... more info

Stereogum — Frank Ocean put out his debut album Channel Orange on July 10, 2012. Nearly 13 years later, the official vinyl release is finally here. more info

Stereogum — Back in November 2023, Frank Ocean previewed new music on his Instagram Story, getting his fans’ hopes up just to remain silent since. Now, the elusive musician appears to be teasing a song on his rumored boyfriend Payton Talbott’s YouTube. more info

Obscure Sound — A dreamy, soulful bedroom-pop entrancement takes hold on “if u were mine,” a new single from Kaiyenn. An emotively atmospheric sound emanates within, swirling lush guitar jangles and sporadic percussive pulses amidst the artist’s serene vocal p... more info