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
Robot Koch, Viktor Orri Árnason, Hugar
‘Stars As Eyes’ (Hugar Rework)
post rock/ambient/contemporary music
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Atria
‘Love Theme’ – Single Edit
indie r&b/indie pop
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Titi Woo
‘טיטי וו – הלילה האחרון של יולי’ (The Last Night of July)
indie pop
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Girl and Girl
‘Shame It’s Not Now’
indie rock
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SIDE B
CYAMO
‘If I Had A Spaceship’
nu-disco/indietronica
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Melt Citizen
‘Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now’
garage punk/pop punk
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tomemitsu
‘Wish Erase’ (Ft. Lala Lala & V.V. Lightbody)
indie pop/twee
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Koalra
‘Torture’
post punk/surf rock
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Trish Stratus is a cassette player and I am the newest version of the iTouch. iTouches keep improving. Technology gets better and better. Cassettes are collecting dust.
Maryse Mizanin