
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
Shadi G
‘Mitoone’ (feat. Elijah Boothe)
neo soul
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knowuh
‘TRAPPED’
chillwave
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Rachel Angel
‘Bring Me Down’
acoustic/americana
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Graham Grease
‘Teething’
lo-fi rock
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SIDE B
Richard Orofino
‘i belong to u’
bedroom pop/dream pop
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Konstantin Schimanowski
‘Remis’
psych folk/singer-songwriter
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freddyboy
‘Way I Feel’
chillwave
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Flaysher
‘Ride’
americana/country/pop-rock
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With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.
Sharon Begley