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
LOUNGETUNES
‘Morning Coffee’
chill-hop/lounge
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Immortal Wound
‘bender’
indie electronic/lo-fi rock
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Brothers of Song
‘Jealousy’
retro soul/blues
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Able Delilah
‘Echoes’
blues/alternative rock
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SIDE B
Scant Regard
‘Nobody Talks’
electro/new wave/experimental
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Sebastian Darlington
‘Lemon’
new wave/synth-pop/lo-fi pop
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wavesiswet
‘gobbledegook’
rap
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LearningToDive
‘Tainted’ (Feat. Bravo Bonez)
dark wave/post punk
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I graduated from high school in 1963. There were no computers, cell phones, Internet, credit cards, cassette tapes or cable TV.
Jeffrey Gitomer