7:12 pm - 09/22/2012
And then lastly there’s Frank Ocean, suddenly thrust far out in front of his prior titles as just a songwriter and just a member of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. With a crack team of musicians who looked like they borrowed The Roots’ suits, Ocean’s cool-customer R&B leaned heavily on Channel Orange material but also pulled from his leaks and mixtape tracks. Yes, he’s played with all of Odd Future before; yes, he’s toured on his own; yes, he just did Saturday Night Live. However, playing for a crowd who had just witnessed frenetic art-punk and experimental classical, and commanding that room in spite of rock-star lateness and questionable sound—it may not be what ATP initially planned, but it may have been Ocean’s true arrival as headliner material.
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Frank Ocean at the ATP Festival
And then lastly there’s Frank Ocean, suddenly thrust far out in front of his prior titles as just a songwriter and just a member of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. With a crack team of musicians who looked like they borrowed The Roots’ suits, Ocean’s cool-customer R&B leaned heavily on Channel Orange material but also pulled from his leaks and mixtape tracks. Yes, he’s played with all of Odd Future before; yes, he’s toured on his own; yes, he just did Saturday Night Live. However, playing for a crowd who had just witnessed frenetic art-punk and experimental classical, and commanding that room in spite of rock-star lateness and questionable sound—it may not be what ATP initially planned, but it may have been Ocean’s true arrival as headliner material.
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I think he's a genius.
Thanks for posting the pics. <3
But Bon Iver is amazing live (I was at one of the Radio City shows) so I don't see how that's a shock?