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
Alex Bloom
‘Bleary’
bedroom pop/indie psych
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jeymon
‘It Won’t Be Like This Forever’
alternative pop/cloud rap
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Northern Disco Nights
‘FINAL DEATH: Heads & Bodies’
synth-pop/synthwave
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Weston Estate
‘Stoked’
indie r&b/lo-fi pop
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SIDE B
Goldwash
‘I Don’t Want Much’
contemporary r&b/art pop
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Old China
‘Desperado’
psych pop/lo-fi rock
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Ivan Moon
‘Leeches’
indie punk/alternative
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Davy
‘Impossible Connection’
indie pop/indietronica/psych
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Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else – there’s no grand idea or concept behind it.
Krist Novoselic