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A group of protesters in Seattle discovered the best way to get rid of an angry, manic street preacher at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest on Sunday. They formed a circle around him and shook a lil’ sumpin’.

The preacher kept trying to get away from the dancers but they wouldn’t allow him to break free from the dance party.

One wonders why he tried to get away from the protesters instead of joining them and busting out some holy-ghost-inspired moves? Jesus was all about peace and love between people, regardless of race, shouldn’t the preacher be on the side of the protesters instead of screaming at them?

Watch the video below:

The video of the protesters using the power of dance to silence someone they disagree with shows a positive way people can handle disagreements in public.

Unfortunately, that’s not the way things have always gone for the preacher during the recent protests. Video shows he was assaulted by protesters last month — which is completely unacceptable.

Protests of various sizes have been taking place in Capitol Hill area of Seattle almost every night since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on March 25.

Gal Gadot just wanted to be a responsible citizen and promote mask use, but in the process, the Wonder Woman actress stirred up a few fan theories, thanks to her social media activism.

In a new tweet on Tuesday morning, Gadot posted a black and white photo of herself on a DC set, where she’s wearing a mask covering her face. The caption simply says “#wearamask” and doesn’t provide any context to the photo, which was enough of an opening for fans to go to town.

Even though there’s a desert scene in the Wonder Woman 1984 official trailer, speculation will still be had. People wondered whether Gadot will have her own post-apocalyptic scene similar to the Knightmare scene in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (where Batman is captured by an evil, totalitarian Superman who’s been turned by Darkseid’s Anti-Life equation following the death of Lois Lane). As for whether Wonder Woman would navigate a Knightmare sequence in Wonder Woman 1984 or the Snyder Cut, that also became a topic of speculation.

But one thing is for certain, if this photo does hint at Wonder Woman getting a Knightmare sequence of her own, the fans are definitely here for it. Put that post-apocalyptic Wonder Woman in their veins!

While there’s no definitive context for Gadot’s behind-the-scene photo as of the writing, people are wondering if Knightmare Diana is a possibility. However, the more likely explanation is that the photo was taken on the set of Wonder Woman 1984 while filming a desert battle sequence that’s featured prominently in the trailer. At the time, the use of masks would’ve been simply to protect the cast and crew from the wind kicking up sand everywhere. Of course, mask usage means so much more right now.

You can see the trailer’s desert scene at the 1:52 mark below:

Wonder Woman 1984 is still set to hit theaters October 2, 2020.

Jess Cornelius has been through many major changes in the past few years. Not only did the singer pick up and move from Melbourne to LA, but she began gearing up to promote her debut album after finding out she was expecting. Cornelius’ upcoming record Distance chronicles these changes and the singer now offers one last preview of the effort with the dreamy track “Here Goes Nothing.”

About the song as a whole, Cornelius said reflected on the fantasies she built to escape from reality’s hardships: “‘Here Goes Nothing’ is about fantasy, really – the way we unconsciously create dramatic situations as an escape from whatever in our lives isn’t working. But I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. We need fantasy – you could argue that we’ve built entire lives on it,” Cornelius says.

The song arrives alongside a lyric video in which Cornelius filmed herself pumping breast milk. Speaking about her creative decisions behind the visual, Cornelius said: “The lyric video is the final in the Distance ‘pregnancy trilogy.’ I saw the breast pump not only as a rhythmic device and a weird visual image, but also as a meeting of human and machine; as a literal mechanical representation of ‘women’s work’; and as a reflection of how context changes (or doesn’t change) the way women’s bodies are viewed. This last point was made apparent in the video’s initial removal by Youtube for violating content rules – thankfully, after lodging an appeal the video was reinstated.”

Listen to “Here Goes Nothing” above.

Distance is out 7/24 via Loantaka Records. Pre-order it here.

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week we got new solo music from both Arcade Fire’s Will Butler and The National’s Matt Berninger, a tongue-in-cheek new mixtape from Illuminati Hotties, and another raucous new single from IDLES. Check out the rest of the best new indie music below.

Yo La Tengo — We Have Amnesia Sometimes

Every day during the month of July, Yo La Tengo pumped out a brand new song from the confines of quarantine. We Have Amnesia Sometimes is the culmination of that burst of creativity, composed mostly of extended, ambient drones that evoke a palpable sense of anxiety. Leave it to such a venerable institution to create perfect listening material for scrolling the internet and witnessing everything terrible happening around you.

Illuminati Hotties — Free I.H.

After cultivating a buzz from their 2018 debut album Kiss Yr Frenemies, the band elected to fulfill their controversial record contract with a noisy mixtape instead of a proper full-length album. The album was previewed by the cleverly-titled track “Will I Get Cancelled If I Write A Song Called, ‘If You Were A Man You’d Be So Cancelled,” which Carolyn Droke called for Uproxx “jam-packed with cunning quips and thrashing guitars that initially drew fans to Illuminati Hotties’ sound.”

Dehd — Flower Of Devotion

The sophomore album from this Chicago trio finds the band fully dialed in, with production value that takes a step forward from the very lo-fi, tinny approach of their debut, though still is far from polished. Flower Of Devotion captures a band simultaneously raw and fully in command of their vision. The instrumental arrangements are sparse (very rarely will you hear a cymbal crash throughout) and doused in reverb, leaving room for fully cutting lyrics and infectious vocal melodies.

Protomartyr — Ultimate Success Today

On their fifth LP, Detroit post-punkers Protomartyr open themselves up to musical opportunity, even recruiting a woodwind section to build out the band’s sound. This is not to say that the band has lost their edge, with Ultimate Success Today featuring some of the band’s most intense and driving music to date. Frontman Joe Casey is still seething as ever, evoking Lou Reed on tracks like “Michigan Hammers,” and there is a darkness that bubbles beneath the surface throughout.

Angel Du$t — Lil House

Following their excellent 2019 major-label debut, Angel Du$t have returned with three brand-new songs that continue the band’s sonic evolution since their hardcore punk debut. On the Lil House EP, frontman Justice Tripp is focused on settling down and starting a family, understandably dialing back the aggression of the band’s previous releases and focusing on intricate percussion patterns and a more acoustic-driven approach.

Matt Berninger — “Distant Access”

Back in May, The National vocalist Matt Berninger announced his debut solo album Serpentine Prison and shared the effort’s title-track. Now, he has shared the follow-up single, a meditative song that builds upon a single acoustic guitar, and was inspired by his collaborations with The Walkmen’s Walter Martin. “‘Distant Axis’ started from a sketch Walt sent me named ‘Savannah,’” Berninger said in a statement. “I think it’s about falling out of touch with someone or something you once thought would be there forever.”

Thank You, I’m Sorry — “Manic Pixie Dream Hurl”

In late August, Thank You, I’m Sorry are set to release their second album in less than a year. I’m Glad We’re Friends features full-band reimagining of the band’s 2019 debut, and “Manic Pixie Dream Hurl” previews the new effort. It’s a short-lived power-pop number with intimate confessions from frontperson Colleen Dow.

Idles — “A Hymn”

The latest preview from Idles’ forthcoming LP is “A Hymn,” another borderline demonic post-punk track that “rejoices in the sinister flesh-eating virus of the pedestrian,” according to a statement from Joe Talbot. “It sings the tune of normal’s teeth sinking into your neck as you sleep stood up with your eyes open. Amen.” The track acts as a pressure cooker that feels like it is building to explosion, before slowly dismantling itself until the only instrument left is a bass guitar.

Will Butler — “Surrender”

Best known for his work in Arcade Fire, Will Butler is set to return with his sophomore solo effort Generations later this year. The album is previewed by “Surrender,” which Derrick Rossignol calls for Uproxx a “jaunty tune” that sounds like a love song, but is actually more about platonic friendship and the ways that people change while still remaining friends.

Beabadoobee — “Care”

After building a lot of buzz around the strength of a series of EPs, 20-year-old Beabadoobee is ready to unleash her debut full-length album, Fake It Flowers. “Care” is the first preview of the new album, a “nostalgically rocking track,” according to Derrick Rossignol for Uproxx that finds Beabadoobee reckoning with the end of a relationship.

Michelle — “Sunrise”

One of the more exciting tracks I’ve heard in a long time, “Sunrise” combines elements of indie pop, funk, and R&B to create something truly unique and modern. It’s the latest in a string of singles from New York City’s Michelle, a collective refreshingly comprised of predominantly queer and POC members in their early 20’s.

Narrow Head — “Stuttering Stanley”

With their sophomore LP 12th House Rock slated for release later this summer on Run For Cover Records, Narrow Head have revealed their latest single, inspired by the best of heavy ’90s emo, shoegaze, and Britpop — AKA all good things. There are times on “Stuttering Stanley” where Jacob Duarte’s drawl evokes Liam Gallagher’s nonchalant delivery, making the track an exciting trip in nostalgia.

Shamir — “I Wonder”

On his second album of 2020, Shamir is focused on fine-tuning his songwriting, delivering some of his most fleshed-out work to date. “I Wonder” is a love song that also dabbles in a discussion of climate change, and “flexes Shamir’s talent as a songwriter, combining striking instrumentals with his far-reaching vocals and intimate lyrics,” writes Carolyn Droke for Uproxx.

Neck Deep — “I Revolve (Around You)”

It feels like Neck Deep have been teasing their new album All Distortions Are Intentional forever, and the record is finally out this week. “I Revolve (Around You)” showcases everything the band learned about songwriting from touring with pop-punk icons like Blink-182 and New Found Glory, featuring a soaring chorus and sappy lyrics about falling in love. If pop punk has ever floated your boat, Neck Deep is a band you should have an eye on.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Recent Dead Oceans signee Fenne Lily announced her first album for the label, Breach, last month. Today, she offers another preview of the upcoming release with “Berlin.” It’s a mid-tempo, shoegaze-borrowing track that comes from a withdrawn place, as Fenne Lily repeats, “It’s not hard to be alone anymore.”

She also shared an animated lyric video, and she said of both the song and the visual:

“When I was 21 I spent a month alone in Berlin. While I was there, I recorded everything I did as a voice note or in a sketchbook, even if it was boring. On the plane ride home, my phone packed up and I lost all my song ideas from my trip. Initially, it felt as though I’d lost a part of my brain, but gradually pieces started to come back to me. To help the remembering process, I tried to picture all the things that surrounded me during my time alone in Berlin. The more I pictured these mundane objects, the more lost ideas I could remember. This song was one of these ideas. When it came to deciding on a video for it, I’d recently had a dream about an illustrated man eating his own brain for breakfast and, on the same day, was introduced to [Henry Dunbar’s] animated short film ‘Pollock’. His work and my dream were impossible to ignore in their similarities and so this video was born. It reflects both the comfort and claustrophobia of the everyday, and how company can be found in everything when you’re left with only yourself and an alien place. The umbrella made me cry – I kind of hope it helps you do the same.”

She also previously said of Breach, “That feels like what I was doing in this record; I was breaking through a wall that I built for myself, keeping myself safe, and dealing with the downside of feeling lonely and alone. I realized that I am comfortable in myself, and I don’t need to fixate on relationships to make myself feel like I have something to talk about. I felt like I broke through a mental barrier in that respect.”

Watch the “Berlin” video above.

Breach is out 9/18 via Dead Oceans. Pre-order it here.

The Memphis Grizzlies enter the NBA bubble restart in Orlando looking to hold onto their position as the final team in the Western Conference playoffs. The young Grizzlies were among the most pleasant surprises of this NBA season, with Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., and the rest of their young core coming together in a way few expected so quickly.

Their biggest midseason addition was Justise Winslow, acquired in the trade of Andre Iguodala after the veteran forward chose not to report to Memphis and wanted a deal to a contender. Winslow, who only appeared in 11 games this season with Miami and none with Memphis due to a lingering back injury, was expected to get his Memphis career underway in the bubble and provide a boost to the Grizzlies backcourt depth.

However, on Monday night, Winslow suffered a hip injury at practice after a fall and will miss the remainder of the season, as the team and Winslow announced on Tuesday afternoon.

It is yet another unfortunate injury setback for a player that has seen far too many of those in his young career. When healthy, he’s shown incredible promise on the court and the hope was in Memphis, with a young core, he could find a role and help bolster their hopes of growing into a contender. That on-court chemistry will have to wait until next year as Winslow’s season is now done, and the Grizzlies may face an interesting decision next summer when they have a $13 million team option on Winslow.

The NBA will start playing scrimmage games in the bubble on Wednesday, with all of those games being available to watch on League Pass and two each day broadcast nationally on NBA TV. When the games that count start on Thursday, July 30, TNT will have the honors of bringing live, meaningful NBA basketball back to our lives and on Tuesday they announced their broadcast teams for the bubble.

Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller will make up one team, as the duo has become a staple of TNT broadcasts in recent years. While Miller is polarizing among NBA fans, he and Harlan’s energy will be welcome (and needed) as they handle bubble basketball without fans in attendance. The other broadcast duo is not the typical lead pairing of Marv Albert and Chris Webber, as Albert will not be going to the bubble due to being at high-risk due to his age. Instead, Ian Eagle and Stan Van Gundy will join the bubble as a broadcast duo that figures to be highly entertaining. Eagle, like Harlan, brings great energy to broadcasts and is among the best in the business, and Stan Van Gundy is as good as there is in the analyst game of bringing knowledge to broadcasts and breaking down the action.

Those four will be joined by a rotation of Chris Haynes, Jared Greenberg, and Stephanie Ready on sideline reporting duty in the bubble. TNT’s full schedule, with broadcast teams, for the 8-game restart can be found below — as they will not be just on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but will take on some Monday, Friday, and Saturday action as well.

It wasn’t a surprise to learn that Jamie Foxx is one of only four people to win an Oscar (Ray) and release a number-one album (Unpredictable), but I was shocked to discover that multi-hyphenate talent Will Smith isn’t one of the four. In fact, he has neither!

Smith’s been up for Best Actor twice (Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness), but lost both times, and his highest-charting album, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper, only reached #4 on the Billboard 200. The Bad Boys for Life star is, however, the only person ever to win a Grammy, be nominated for two Oscars, and get involved in an “entanglement” scandal.

Congrats?

Earlier this month, married couple Will and Jada Pinkett Smith sat down at the Red Table to discuss her relationship with singer August Alsina while they were separated (here’s the detailed timeline). “I got into an entanglement with August,” she said in front of a record-breaking number of Facebook Watch viewers. “I was in a lot of pain, and I was very broken. In the process of that relationship, I definitely realized that you can’t find happiness outside of yourself.” Smith hasn’t said much since the video went live, other than “f*ck you 50,” but he seemingly responded to the online chatter on Instagram:

In the clip, Smith asks a friend, who is standing on a roof above, to throw him down a boxed computer. “Nah man, get out of here, we’ve got people for this,” his friend replies. When Smith asks again, his friend says, “Okay,” but the star doesn’t hear him and, as he turns away saying, ‘Forget it,’ the box flies towards his head.

Is he referring to the “entanglement” talk (including Alsina dropping a song called, yup, “Entanglements”), 2020 in general, or both? Whatever the answer, this is a mood.

I can hear the “bonk” sound effect.

(Via The Independent)

The NFL and NFLPA are frantically working through an updated return to play plan, with the biggest issues being regular testing for COVID-19, preseason games (or a lack thereof), and financial agreements for potential major changes that could come for various outcomes of fans/no fans and shortening the season if necessary due to the pandemic.

That those issues are still yet to be worked out as camp is set to begin in the next week is less than ideal, but after players put significant public pressure on the league over the weekend to get a plan in place, the two sides are reportedly working towards an agreement with the hope of it being done soon. That would be good news, although it remains to be seen exactly how training camp will go for the NFL as they remain committed to playing in home markets rather than considering a bubble like the NBA, NHL, MLS, WNBA, and NWSL.

Given the spikes in cases in many states, there has to be concern for outbreaks on some teams, but the hope is they can mitigate those risks and have players in camp and practicing. We will get to see all of that, as well as the tricky navigation of the current situation and potential pitfalls of NFL training camp during a pandemic on Hard Knocks, which will make its return to HBO’s air on August 11. This year, Hard Knocks is headed to L.A. where they will profile both the Rams and the Chargers as they prepare for the season in what should be a fascinating season given everything happening and the uniqueness of this camp.

The teaser sets up this Hard Knocks season to follow camp as usual, but it will be anything but a standard camp and what HBO puts out will be very interesting. They’ll have unique access to show how the teams are trying to keep players safe while also still preparing to play football, where distancing is impossible and players are often coming face-to-face. It figures to be an interesting watch, whether things go well or not for the NFL’s restart plan, and it will begin August 11.

It’s well known that the music industry has been leaning heavily on digital platforms in recent years. The advent of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music has fundamentally shifted the way music is released. But, surprisingly, analog platforms like radio and turntables have continued to dominate. Now, that has all changed: For the first time ever, the majority of people listen to music on digital devices.

According to a “Share Of Ear” study from Edison Research, the pandemic lockdown caused a significant shift in the way people listen to music. Edison Research began documenting numbers in 2014, and their last report found 55 percent of the total daily time spent listening to music in the US was done on traditional devices like radios, turntables, CD players, and TV channels. But after the onset of the pandemic, the statistics shifted. Now, 53 percent of the total daily listening time was done on digital devices like phones, laptops, internet-connected TVs, and smart speakers.

While the numbers for digital devices have been slowly increasing for years, they saw an impressive 8-percent jump during the pandemic lockdown. Edison Research hypothesizes that “the shift away from in-car and at-workplace listening to at-home listening” is what contributed to the enormous increase. According to Director of Research Laura Ivey, the numbers could very well return after the lockdown is lifted. “Digital surpassing non-digital was almost inevitable, according to the slow trend we saw in Share Of Ear,” Ivey said. “It appears that these disruptions may have just accelerated the process. We will have to wait to see if the numbers revert more closely to what they were before the disruptions.”

Read the full study here.