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
Oh Fosho
‘On the Road’
surf rock
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Alishimali
‘Sprite’
downtempo
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Affairpop
‘Changes In Winter (NVU)’
power pop/new wave
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Sci-Fi Romance
‘Plague Year Blues’
blues rock/dark country
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SIDE B
THE ACTIONS
‘Flourish’
trip-hop
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UgLi
‘Bad Egg’
grunge/fuzz rock
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The Outcastkid
‘Gassed Up Sit Down’
cloud rap
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Matthew Cuban
‘Down, so Long (feat. Matthew Cuban)’
hip-hop
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Sometimes we’d just play acoustic guitar and try out the parts and make a library. We’d use a double cassette player and make little edits.
Kate Pierson