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
Stresshead
‘I Need U’
electro pop/indietronica
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Nieri
‘Face’
EDM/indie electronic
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Chloe Lilac
‘how does your girlfriend feel about it’
alternative/indie pop
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LOYAL
‘Floors’
indietronica
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SIDE B
GRAE
‘Boxes’
indie pop/alternative
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The Paper Outlet
‘Damage Me’
adult contemporary/indie r&b
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Ogi Feel the Beat
‘Funky Boom Bapete ‘
instrumental hip-hop/boom bap
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Go Hawaii
‘Kelowna’
new wave/indie
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I’ve always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, actually, on cassette tapes.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw