Australia’s Morgan Evans has successfully carved out a space for himself in the American country music scene. After releasing his 2014 self-titled debut album, he picked up the Global Country Artist Award at the CMAs. He went on to release his second album, 2017’s Things That We Drink To, which was top-10 on the US country charts. The album also spawned “Kiss Somebody,” a hit single that climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
All of this success has allowed him to make a pretty good living, so about a year-and-a-half ago, he and his wife bought their first house. Now, in a new “On Repeat” video (presented by Straight Talk Wireless and Uproxx), Evans shows us around his home and gets ready for summer by making some citronella lamps.
A natural highlight is the in-home studio and creative space, which is decked out with guitars, audio equipment, and all the fixins’. The kitchen looks fantastic, too, and that’s where Evans rounds up some bottles, wicks, and other components to put the citronella lamps together.
Elsewhere, he notes of his career origins, “How music became a career path is kind of weird. I mean, the idea of growing up and playing music wasn’t really a thing. In my hometown, or even in Australia in general, I think a lot of the time when someone asks you what you do and you say music, their next question would be, ‘Well, what else do you do?’”
Evans touches on some other topics in the video, too, so check it out above.
Morgan Evans is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Harry Styles’ hit single “As It Was” has had an up-and-down journey when it comes to maintaining the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (as much of an up-and-down journey as the year’s biggest song can have, anyway). It debuted at No. 1 before being dethroned by Jack Harlow’s “First Class” the next week. It resumed its run the week after that, adding another two weeks to its tally before Future, Drake, and Tems again put “As It Was” on pause. Now, though, “As It Was” has clawed back yet again: On the new Hot 100 chart dated June 4, “As It Was” once again returns to No. 1 for a fourth total week and a third total stint on top.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) May 31, 2022
Along with that, a few other Harry’s House songs debuted in the top 10 this week: “Late Night Talking” at No. 4, “Music For A Sushi Restaurant” at No. 8, and “Matilda” at No. 9. That makes him the first British solo artist to ever have four songs in the top 10 at once. Soloist or otherwise, he’s now second only to The Beatles in that category, as they actually had two weeks with five top-10 songs.
Elsewhere on the chart, Lizzo had a good week, with “About Damn Time” rising from No. 9 to No. 5. That makes the song her fourth top-5 single, after “Good As Hell,” “Truth Hurts” (a former No. 1), and “Rumors.”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Donald Trump’s half-hearted endorsement of J.D. Vance, who won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Ohio earlier this month, came after Tucker Carlson reportedly told the former-president about a rival’s “f*cking disgusting” and “f*cking gross” sex life. Speaking of things that are “f*cking disgusting” and “f*cking gross,” Vance wants to ban all pornography, even though he’s a content creator of poverty porn.
In an interview with Crisis Magazine, which haughtily bills itself as “A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity,” Vance shared his ass-backwards thoughts on porn and birth control. “I think the combination of porn [and] abortion have basically created a really lonely, isolated generation that isn’t getting married, they’re not having families, and they’re actually not even totally sure how to interact with each other,” he said. The article, which was published in 2021 but only recently unearthed by the Huffington Post, also notes that “Vance admitted he wants to outright ban pornography.”
Vance’s campaign didn’t provide a comment about his more recent thoughts on porn, and how they would factor into his priorities as a senator. In 2016, the GOP, in its own official platform, declared porn “a public health crisis,” but stopped short of calling for it to be outlawed completely.
Hey @JDVance1, instead of calling for a ban on porn and pro-choice rights, why not call for a ban on assault weapons? You know, real things that murder lots of people in a short amount of time.
Zara Larsson morphs ABBA’s classic hit “Lay All Your Love On Me” into something softer with this rendition, which pulsates with atmospheric synths as her strong voice leads the song almost effortlessly. It sounds very early 2000s; her inflections have a dramatic flair.
Empress Of — “Dance For You”
Produced by Charli XCX and BJ Burton, Empress Of’s new single “Dance For You” rattles with infectious regret and anger against glittering beats. She sings repeatedly about trying to forget, obviously failing her own task; meanwhile, the track bounces in a way that’s memorable.
Sky Ferreira — “Don’t Forget”
Finally, the return of Sky Ferreira, whose last album Night Time, My Time was in the godforsaken year of 2013, is upon us. Her comeback is big and stunning, steeped in disco and retaining her signature brand of poetic, mysterious lyricism: “I’ll catch your disease, it’s such a raw deal world / I don’t need to deceive you, I’m the real bad girl.”
Tate McRae — “Don’t Come Back”
Tate McRae’s new album I Used To Think I Could Fly overflows with contempt and frustration, and this trap-tinged pop song exemplifies that. However, she doesn’t let her bitterness make her unreasonable: “When you’re all broke down and you’re missing us / When you finally figure out just what you lost / I hope you don’t come back,” she sings, unbothered.
Isaac Dunbar — “Sunburn”
Isaac Dunbar is the up-and-coming, grandiose pop star we need right now. At just 19, he has been churning out bombastic, idiosyncratic anthems. His vocals are the centerpiece of this new song “Sunburn”; he’s unrestrained and unhinged as he repeats the brilliant hook: “You’re making it worse / ‘Cause every time you try to kiss it better / It burns / Your kiss like a sunburn.”
Jenna Raine — “Not Again”
“Not Again,” the newest single by the rising singer-songwriter Jenna Raine, is about glowing up. Her storytelling is refined and compelling on this track about an ex-lover who keeps begging for another chance, but she’s finally been able to break from the pattern: “You want to laugh and make amends / I did one, two, three, four, five times but I won’t let you back in / Not again,” she sings.
Alex Cappelli — “Could’ve Just Left Me Alone”
This song by Alex Cappelli also dwells on a breakup, but revels in mischief and revenge. It has a club-like beat and her voice drips with annoyance: “Oh you’re so basic / Got the same old tricks / Let me fall for it / When you could’ve just left me alone,” she intones, stretching syllables so far that it’s like the sonic version of an eye-roll.
Dixie – “Wild”
The eldest D’amelio sister is proving her talent with this fearless new song “Wild” that bursts at the seams with a desire for excitement. At a little over two minutes, it’s an anthem for kids grappling with their growing ennui and boredom, and what better solution is there than an exhilarating pop song?
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Despite Donald Trump openly trashing her new book, Here’s the Deal, Kellyanne Conway is continuing to defend the former president while making the press rounds. On Tuesday, Conway stopped by CBS Mornings where she fielded questions about Trump denying that she told him that he lost the 2020 election and his insistence that he would’ve “sent her back to her crazy husband” if she did. While Conway has repeatedly spoken glowingly of Trump, she has, however, held strong on conceding that he lost fairly to Joe Biden and that Trump’s stolen election claims are the work of sycophantic advisors who refused to tell him the truth.
During her CBS Mornings interview, Conway refuted Trump’s claim that she never told him he lost. “I did, and it broke my heart,” Conway said before, once again, praising her former employer, even if she doesn’t understand the word “girlboss.” Via The Daily Beast:
Still, she defended her former-boss-turned-current-opponent as “a great girlboss” who championed women in office (even as he disparaged a plethora of women from Hillary Clinton to Kamala Harris to Meghan Markle).
“I’ve always had a great relationship with President Trump and I go on and on in the book of how protective he was of me,” she said, later adding: “I wish he was still the president.”
It’s an unusual turn of events considering Conway revealed that last week that Trump was going to release a “beautiful” statement about Here’s the Deal that she saw in advance. However, something happened behind the scenes that made Trump change his mind and, instead, attack her on Truth Social.
“Somebody worked overtime between last evening and this morning to have him put that statement out,” Conway told Mediaite. Nevertheless, she continues to praise Trump as a… great girlboss (?) because words no longer have meaning.
The greats of the West Coast are linking up this summer. Ahead of their long-anticipated Mount Westmore collaborative album, Snoop Dogg has taken to Instagram to reveal a release date for the project, with features him, E-40, Ice Cube, and Too Short.
Mount Westmore’s album is set to drop June 7. In the trailer, fans can hear a new song, which samples Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson’s “Angel Dust.”
The group first formed around this time last year. In an interview with HotNewHipHop, Snoop said the album would be “magic.”
“You bring the legends of the West Coast together, something great will always happen,” Snoop said. “Cube, 40, Short, and I have been running the game for years. This is the perfect time because each of us brings authentic and new ideas to the table. All four together? That’s magic.”
Also maintaining the group’s legendary status is Too Short, who spoke on the writing and recording process of the album last year in an interview with HipHopDX.
“I’m going to tell you one thing, one beautiful thing about the process is that early on we all acknowledge that in the studio, we are supreme alphas,” Short said. “We’ve always been that way, but on this project, we gave each other the authority to criticize, critique, veto, make suggestions, and just everything is like hands-down, I trust what you saying.
Doja Cat‘s mischievous ways have always been known to get Twitter all riled up, but her latest posts are living up to the lyrics of her breakout 2018 viral hit “Mooo!” Her milkshake is bringing all the boys to the yard, and they’re bringing their thirstiest comment with them.
The Planet Her rapper/singer shared a pair of racy bikini photos on Twitter, where they’re getting plenty of attention. In the first photo, Doja rocks a pink string bikini while pulling a silly face, and in the second, she offers a rear view of just how skimpy the piece actually is. Let’s just say she probably won’t be wearing that anywhere children are present — Twitter’s growing population of under-18s notwithstanding.
Unfortunately, fans won’t be able to do so live for a while. Doja recently dropped out of The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour due to having surgery on her tonsils. “I feel horrible about this,” she wrote, “but can’t wait for this to heal and get back to making music and create an experience for y’all.” Until then, it looks like she just might have more free time for viral shenanigans as she recovers.
The bonds of brotherhood may seem like the kind that will last a lifetime when you’re funneling Milwaukee’s Best on a Friday night at your college frat house, but a difference in political opinions could be all it takes to break them in later decades—as one Tulsa man just learned the hard way.
According to The Oklahoman, Levi Roy Gable was arrested just last week for the part he played in storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The paper reports that Gable was charged with four misdemeanor counts of entering the Capitol and partaking in disruptive conduct. The FBI learned about the 36-year-old’s antics when they were contacted by one of his college fraternity brothers, who shared several of the Gable’s Facebook posts, in which he reportedly bragged about being “among the first people to make our way into the US Capitol Building.” He also shared 10 videos taken that day.
Gable’s old pal, who is referred to simply as Witness 1 in reports, first alerted the FBI to his fraternity brother’s antics on January 10, 2021. In the weeks and months that followed, he continued to supply the FBI with evidence-based on Gable’s own posts.
On January 13, 2021, a second person alerted the FBI to Gable’s antics after he shared another rioter’s post with the caption: “Everyone is in for a surprise. It’s happening. There is a plan in motion.”
Unfortunately, Gable deleted his Facebook page before the FBI was able to independently verify the posts. According to The Oklahoman:
“Gable admitted last year in an interview that he walked to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after attending a rally, the FBI reported in a court affidavit. However, he denied going inside multiple times during the interview with FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force officers.”
Gable was released on the agreement that he will be forced to pay $10,000 if he misses any upcoming court appearance.
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Bright Eyes — Companion EPs
Bright Eyes are not only back on tour, but they also recently undertook the ambitious project of re-issuing all nine of their studio albums. Each will be accompanied by an EP that sees the band reworking older songs while inviting contributors like Phoebe Bridgers and Waxahatchee to lend their voices. This week, the Companion EPs A Collection of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997: A Companion, Letting Off The Happiness: A Companion And Fevers, and Mirrors: A Companion were released, offering a way for day-one fans to connect with their music in a unique way.
Wilco — Cruel Country
Despite nearly three decades as a band, Wilco still remains wildly prolific, as seen on their recent 12th studio LP Cruel Country. The 21-track album shows Wilco at their creative best and getting back to the heart of their earlier releases. Recorded mostly live, Cruel Country is both jammy and concise Americana music that examines our country through a critical lens.
Dehd — Blue Skies
Chicago post-punk trio Dehd dropped their fourth studio album Blue Skies this week. The rollicking album is full of sunny melodies, jangly chords, and playful refrains, pointing to the band’s refined songwriting and tangible chemistry.
Haai — Baby, We’re Ascending
After honing her sound over the last five years with a handful of singles and a 2020 EP, Haai’s technical skills are on full display in her euphoric debut LP Baby, We’re Ascending. The UK-based producer jam-packed glitchy and euphoric beats into the 13-track effort, collaborating with the likes of Jon Hopkins and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor.
Hovvdy — Billboard For My Feelings
Last year, Austin-based duo Hovvdy released the expansive album True Love. Now compiling a handful of songs written in that era that didn’t quite make it to the album, the band releases the four-track effort Billboard For My Feelings. The collection of tracks boast bright melodies paired with the group’s signature washed-out vocals.
Sky Ferreira — “Don’t Forget”
Making good on her promise to release new music this year, Sky Ferreira dropped the shimmering new single “Don’t Forget.” Her second song in nine years, “Don’t Forget” marks a pop-leaning return and points to her upcoming album Masochism. Combining slick synths and a crashing beat, “Don’t Forget” plays up an 80’s inspired sound.
Beabadoobee — “Lovesong”
Going back to her acoustic roots, Beabadoobee shares the tender lullaby “Lovesong.” Offering a contrast to her recent rock-leaning tracks, “Lovesong” displays the UK singer’s versatile songwriting. It was originally written for her second EP, but was the last track she recorded for the upcoming album Beatopia.
MUNA — “Home By Now”
Muna are just about a month out from releasing their self-titled release on Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory records. Sharing their fourth single ahead of the album, the band releases the shimmering track “Home By Now.” A pulsing beat and ’80s-inspired synths color the track as vocalist Kate Gavin sings of questioning choices following the end of a relationship. “While a lot of this album does seem to be about trusting my instincts, this song acknowledges the pain of not knowing if I left a relationship that I was meant to be in,” Gavin said about the single.
Ganser — “People Watching”
Chicago band Ganser are known for crafting dark and thrashing punk music, which they refined on their acclaimed 2020 sophomore album Just Look At That Sky. Now kicking off a new era with the upcoming EP, Nothing You Do Matters, Ganser share the propulsive track “People Watching.” A dizzying mix of moody guitars are layered underneath apathetic lyrics about the state of the world, pointing to the kind of cheerfully nihilistic music Ganser is expected to release on their new project.
Alex G — “Blessing”
After penning the soundtrack to the film We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, Alex G shows off his experimental side with the new track “Blessing.” Departing from his singer-songwriter catalog, the new song opens with a wall of discordant guitars before whispering vocals deliver lines that are surprisingly optimistic compared to the track’s haunting instrumentals.
Gordi — “Way I Go”
The last we heard from Australian songwriter Gordi, she had teamed up with pop star Troye Sivan for an electrifying single. But now, the singer is back to promote a new EP Inhuman, which is out later this summer. The project’s lead single is the wistful tune “Way I Go,” colored by the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar and Gordi’s softly resonating vocals.
JayWood — “Thank You”
Winnipeg musician JayWood is readying the release of the forthcoming album Slingshot by sharing the upbeat new track “Thank You.” Co-produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, “Thank You” is both sunny and celebratory, mixing a groove-forward beat with lyrics about focusing on the positive. Dedicated to his late mother and other folks who aren’t in his life anymore, JayWood said the song “kinda wrote itself, it felt so easy to put together because I knew the core of what I was trying to get across.”
The Cleveland Cavaliers were among the NBA’s most pleasant surprises this past season, as the young Cavs came out of the gates as one of the league’s hottest teams and finished 8th in the East at 44-38, as injuries took their toll, ultimately dropping both of their play-in games to miss the playoffs.
Still, optimism abounds in Cleveland after Darius Garland made the leap to All-Star in his third season, Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley became a formidable frontcourt force on both ends of the floor, and Kevin Love found himself revitalized alongside all that young talent. There’s still a ways to go for the Cavs to enter the contender realm in the top-heavy East, but they have undoubtedly taken the first big step in the right direction and it is incumbent on Koby Altman and the front office to continue building on that foundation.
This offseason will present some interesting options for the Cavs, most notably what they do with Collin Sexton (who missed most all season with a torn meniscus) as he will be a restricted free agent with a roster clearly needing more creation and scoring punch from the backcourt. There are other organizational moves to make, and on Tuesday we learned one of those would be bolstering their coaching staff with former Lakers and Kings head coach (and more successfully, Warriors assistant) Luke Walton coming on as an assistant for JB Bickerstaff.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are hiring Luke Walton as an assistant coach, sources tell ESPN. Walton joins JB Bickerstaff’s coaching staff after spending five-plus years as head coach of the Lakers and Kings. Walton spent his final two seasons as a player with Cleveland a decade ago.
Walton has not been successful as a head coach, but was highly regarded in Golden State as an assistant under Steve Kerr, so it’s possible that he’s just a better fit in a secondary seat on the bench rather than in that first chair.
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