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
Fat Koala Disorder
‘Dancing Freaking Out’
electronica
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Auto-Pilot
‘Following Dreams’
ambient/indie electronic
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Mango Cat
‘Didja’
indie rock
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Binarical
‘Neon Road’
synthwave/outrun
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SIDE B
The Dustbowl Daddies
‘Goodbye Great Society’
bluegrass/americana
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TTRRUUCES
‘The DISCO’
nu-disco/indie pop
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Sammm.
‘Four Eyes’
indie rock
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Glass Spells
‘Psychic Lovers’
synth-pop
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At 8, I got my first cassette, which was Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria.’
Laura Jane Grace