august aura
i just know that a “near email length limit” warning hates to see me coming!
welcome to another jam-packed monthly media roundup! before we dive in, i have awarded two subscribers with a 3-month paid subscription based on the objective of my recent “game show” post! they have both been informed and will be among the first to get details about my new publication, which is expected to be released on 9/14/2024. i’m excited for y’all to see what i’ve been working on.
i’ve already got quite a list of music to look forward to next month as well. there’s much to anticipate, but for now, here’s a recap of things that recently entertained me.
new releases
Crystal Murray — Sad Lovers and Giants
Crack Cloud — Red Mile
Joe Goddard — Harmonics
Dr. Dog — Dr. Dog
Clothing — From Memory
The Red, Pinks and Purples — Unwishing Well; This is Adult Art School
HOMESHAKE — Horsie
KALLITECHNIS — MOOD RING
Loma — How Will I Live Without a Body?
Latto — Sugar Honey Iced Tea1
Moses Sumney — Sophcore (EP)
BERWYN — WHO AM I
Ashaine White — Cause for Concern (EP)
King Krule — SHHHHHHH! (EP)
Canty — hahahahahahahahaha (EP)
LION BABE — Freekish (EP)
PawPaw Rod — Doobie Mouth (An EP From PawPaw Rod)
Forest Claudette — & Stone Between (EP)
Yeek — Muuv (EP)
MAVI — shadowbox
Thee Marloes — Perak
Devin Morrison — Dreamsoul Ballads (EP)
CLAY — Waiting for God in the Garden (EP)
Wu-Lu — Learning to Swim on Empty (EP)
The 80s — The Pursuit
Snakehips & EARTHGANG — SNAKEGANG, Vol.1 (EP)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard — Flight b7412
Sebastian Mikael — Paradigm Shift (EP)
Angela Muñoz — Descanso (EP)
Aladean Kheroufi — Studies in A Dying Love
IYAMAH — In Two Worlds
BETWEEN FRIENDS — garage sale (EP)
Magdalena Bay — Imaginal Disk
Ravyn Lenae — Bird’s Eye
Tinashe — Quantum Baby
Sex Week — Sex Week
albums to look forward to
Laila! — Gap Year! (9/6)
Joan as Police Woman — Lemons, Limes, and Orchids (9/20)
Kimbra — Idols & Vices (Vol. 1) (9/25)
Dylan Sinclair — FOR THE BOY IN ME (9/27)
Leon Bridges — Leon (10/4)
Jonah Yano — Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop (10/4)
Christopher Owens — I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair (10/18)
Contour — Take Off From Mercy (11/1)
Phoelix — TRAFFIC (TBA)
let’s run that back
while reviewing videos of shows that i’ve attended, i was reminded that i saw Mndsgn live at Aisle 5, five years ago as of this month (talk about a tongue twister!).
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — “Change”
Salami Rose Joe Louis —“Tell Meeeee” and “Tell Meeee Again”
five years of Baby Rose’s debut album To Myself
sessions with : revisiting Tame Impala’s full discography
dreaming of magazines from my adolescence3
Erykah Badu — Live
Smino — NOIR
required listening to know me
Grizzly Bear — Veckatimest (really their whole discography)
Deep Throat Choir — In Order to Know You
Gayngs — “The Gaudy Side of Town”
Okay Kaya — “Mother Nature’s Bitch”
James Tillman — Silk Noise Reflex
sights to see
i’m wearing my favorite sweater in the photo below, which was the first collectible that i ever wrote about for this newsletter.
Charli xcx’s stylist Chris Horan explains the fashion of the BRAT era:
i’ve been developing a section of my wardrobe to be mainly white and black with different textures, shapes, and patterns. the style ethos embraced during the BRAT era reflects this and the type of grungy, edgy sexiness i want to adopt. also, he mentioned that this was a free-the-nip era and i live for a no-bra moment.
Janet Jackson will be another one of my inspirations for this personal style era. the pair makes sense for my Leo Sun and Taurus Moon. now who will be my inspiration for my rising or Venus signs?
speaking of: Janet Goes Sneaker Shopping with Complex
i love how her style often prioritizes comfort and functionality (because, same).
Mavi’s newest album shadowbox is pretty phenomenal, as is this interview he did with Tone Glow.
Tinashe shares her makeup routine with Vogue
Ravyn Lenae discusses her newest album, Bird’s Eye, with Rolling Stone
Dress My Tour
Zack Fox’s Boiler Room set
talk about a Renaissance man!
i get money, i’m a star!
speaking of money: Industry
it didn’t take me long to catch up to the current season of the fast-paced finance drama Industry. while watching season 2, i realized that Jesse Bloom is not all that different from the character played by the same actor (Jay Duplass) on Transparent.
august aura: the playlist
the notes: trying new things, mindfulness, dreaming, moonlight, watermelon, paradoxes, accepting what is, refusing what isn’t meant to be, shedding, experiments, The Fool, licorice.
(august aura: the playlist on Apple Music)
is anyone else up for the challenge of listening to all 26 KGLW albums next year? they will probably have released three more projects by then.
i mentioned back in 2022 that i still have a handful of MISSBEHAVE magazines. this was when i originally discussed indie sleaze (a term that some folks are taking way too seriously). if you were around back then, you know exactly what the term is referring to, even if it’s being applied retroactively. it’s kind of antithetical to the ironic hipsterdom of it all to be up in arms about it.
How was it seeing Unknown Mortal Orchestra live?
Also I so badly wish I could've seen Frank Ocean live atleast once. I feel like he's never performing live again (atleast not with a large crowd) after coachella