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
mookigang
‘Incomplete’
emo rap
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we meet as strangers
‘Leave / Forget’
‘wave’/synthwave
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mynameisleonidas
‘periergo’
electro pop/indie electronic
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Yellow Shoots
‘SALMA’
indie r&b/psych
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SIDE B
Smith, Lyle & Moore
‘Born to Be Wild’
indie pop/cover
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Zachary Durham
‘Waterfall’
contemporary r&b
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Ocie Elliott
‘Wait for You’
indie folk
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SLYJYNX
‘Low’
synth-pop/indie electronic
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One of the first cassette tapes I ever purchased was the Rambo III score. I was not allowed to see Rambo, but my mom would allow me to buy the music, so I would listen to that score over and over and imagine the movie. But those limitations and not being able to access those things made me so much more excited about them.
Dan Trachtenberg