Which 8 current gems will make it on this Hip Cassette round-up? Plug that rusty tape player in, press play and make sure you keep notes…

by Christos Doukakis

SIDE A

Shadi G

‘Mitoone’ (feat. Elijah Boothe)

neo soul

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knowuh

‘TRAPPED’

chillwave

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Rachel Angel

‘Bring Me Down’

acoustic/americana

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Graham Grease

‘Teething’

lo-fi rock

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SIDE B

Richard Orofino

‘i belong to u’

bedroom pop/dream pop

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Konstantin Schimanowski

‘Remis’

psych folk/singer-songwriter

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freddyboy

‘Way I Feel’

chillwave

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Flaysher

‘Ride’

americana/country/pop-rock

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With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.

Sharon Begley