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