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