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

Oh Fosho

‘On the Road’

surf rock

Alishimali

‘Sprite’

downtempo

Affairpop

‘Changes In Winter (NVU)’

power pop/new wave

Sci-Fi Romance

‘Plague Year Blues’

blues rock/dark country

SIDE B

THE ACTIONS

‘Flourish’

trip-hop

UgLi

‘Bad Egg’

grunge/fuzz rock

The Outcastkid

‘Gassed Up Sit Down’

cloud rap

Matthew Cuban

‘Down, so Long (feat. Matthew Cuban)’

hip-hop

Sometimes we’d just play acoustic guitar and try out the parts and make a library. We’d use a double cassette player and make little edits.

Kate Pierson