Blog: Stereogum

Though Frank Ocean has performed in New York before, those shows were lesser moments, by design; to date, he's appeared on stage with Odd Future and performed a lone solo show at Bowery Ballroom in November . The Bowery show, to be sure, radiated signs of the talent promised by Nostalgia, Ultra , but it also seemed a little bit like a dress rehearsal; after all, since Ocean was submerged for so many years, he owed it to himself to try to figure out the live performance, and you know, maybe get in some on-stage [...]