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
Distant Lovers
‘Hills’
synth-pop/synthwave
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Cade Hoppe
‘Borrowed Time’
bedroom pop/indie electronic
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Panaviscope
‘Three Cups’
electro pop/electronica
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Hien
‘Bloom’
bedroom pop/dream pop
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SIDE B
12:08 am
‘Launch Party’ (feat. Jeremiah Sole)
indie r&b/funk
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Delmarvae Naupranae
‘Holographic’
emo rap/’wave’
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Williamtxxx
‘Confieso’
latin pop/lofi hip-hop
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RILEY THE MUSICIAN
‘She Drives A Harley’
indietronica/hyperpop
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At 8, I got my first cassette, which was Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria.’
Laura Jane Grace