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
Nightlife Anonymous
‘After Hours’
psych pop
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Antsy
‘Leaving This Town’
synth-pop
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Coucheron
‘Can’t Stop’
indietronica/nu-disco
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Sculpture Club
‘Chains & Faith’
post punk/indie rock
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SIDE B
The Tremolo Beer Gut
‘Barfield’s Gambit’ (w/ Chris Barfield)
surf rock
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Misaïdu
‘Full Scale Sf Action’
idm/downtempo
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Alex PGSV
’emerson’
bedroom pop
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Sleeps Under Beams
‘The Ties That Bind’ (Feat. Grant Tuffs)
alternative pop/new wave
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My parents loved music, and my father would come home with cassette tapes of Chic and the Village People and Barbra Streisand. We had all these sounds always going. We never had somber music – always upbeat.
Marjorie Gubelmann