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.

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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

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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)

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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

the sovereign audite

: revisiting Tame Impala’s full discography

dreaming of magazines from my adolescence³

Erykah Badu — Live

Smino — NOIR

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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

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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.

Tone Glow 155: Mavi

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.

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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)

1. this would be the second album i’ve enjoyed this year with this title.

2. 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.

3. 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.