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
Nightlife Anonymous
‘After Hours’
psych pop
Antsy
‘Leaving This Town’
synth-pop
Coucheron
‘Can’t Stop’
indietronica/nu-disco
Sculpture Club
‘Chains & Faith’
post punk/indie rock
SIDE B
The Tremolo Beer Gut
‘Barfield’s Gambit’ (w/ Chris Barfield)
surf rock
Misaïdu
‘Full Scale Sf Action’
idm/downtempo
Alex PGSV
’emerson’
bedroom pop
Sleeps Under Beams
‘The Ties That Bind’ (Feat. Grant Tuffs)
alternative pop/new wave
My parents loved music, and my father would come home with cassette tapes of Chic and the Village People and Barbra Streisand. We had all these sounds always going. We never had somber music – always upbeat.
Marjorie Gubelmann