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
Rightfield
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ (feat. JordyPurp)
pop punk/pop-rock
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Yoshi Flower
‘Star Shopping’
lo-fi pop/indie
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dichotomi
‘STF 17’
alternative hip-hop
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Dusty Durston
‘de Sade’
indie rock
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SIDE B
Izu Osirus
‘Back On The Road’
afro fusion/contemporary r&b/rap
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jinnss
‘millionmilesaway’
cloud rap/trap
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iamnotshane
‘Maybe My Soulmate Died’
alt pop
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Triathalon
‘Dreams’
bedroom pop/psych
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My parents loved music, and my father would come home with cassette tapes of Chic and the Village People and Barbra Streisand. We had all these sounds always going. We never had somber music – always upbeat.
Marjorie Gubelmann