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
townsend
‘dramamine’
alt pop
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JAN3T
‘are you with me?’
bedroom pop
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Federal Dank
‘Pandemic’
punk/electronicore
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Ruiz!
‘Love is Blind’
indie electronic/alternative
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SIDE B
TheYungJB
‘Grinding’
trap/hip-hop
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Foster the Prankster
‘Tie-Dye Skies’
alternative hip-hop
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Square Meal Laboratories
‘The Acid Test’
electro/acid
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Eddie Redblood
‘Spacedust’
wave/experimental electronic/italo
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I got the idea for Netflix after my company was acquired. I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was six weeks late and I owed the video store $40. I had misplaced the cassette. It was all my fault.
Reed Hastings