June Staff Picks

Every month, the Sunstroke Magazine team compiles a list of things — new and old — that we’ve been enjoying. Here’s to finding more things to love.

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By Alex Ramos

Albums

• Chloë and the Next 20th Century by Father John Misty

• Warm Chris by Aldous Harding

• Euphoria Season 2 (Official Score from the HBO Original Series) by Labrinth

• Moon Knight (Original Soundtrack) by Hesham Nazih

• In these Silent Days by Brandi Carlile

• Pretty. Odd. by Panic at the Disco

• Bo Jackson by Boldy James

• Ctrl (Deluxe) by SZA

• LIFE ON EARTH by Hurray For The Riff Raff

TV Shows

• Heartstopper (Netflix)

• The Girl From Plainville (Hulu)

• Love Is Blind (Netflix)

• The Ultimatum (Netflix)

• Russian Doll (Netflix)

• Pachinko (Apple TV)

• Our Flag Means Death (HBOMax)

• Irma Vep (HBOMax)

Books

• Space and Place by Yi-Fu Tuan

• People From My Neighborhood by Hiromi Kawakami

Musicians & Bands

• Joywave

• Indigo de Souza

• Forth Wanderers

• The Beths

• Fake Fruit

Films

• Don’t Look Up (2021), dir. Adam McKay on Netflix

• The Northman (2022), dir. Robert Eggers on Peacock

• Blue Velvet (1986), dir. David Lynch

• Irma Vep (1996), dir. Olivier Assayas on HBOMax

• RRR (2022), dir. S.S. Rajamouli on Netflix

• Fire Island (2022), dir. Andrew Ahn on Hulu

Articles, Essays & Other Reads

• Makeshift finger splint by Jonny Sun

• Web3 is going just great by Molly White

• All of It Matters (On hard and soft news) by Sam Sanders

• This Twitter thread about small businesses and their relationships with their landlords