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

andreas owens

‘bad4you’

indie r&b

Monflame

No Matter’ (feat. Kirill Babiev) [Fury Weekend Remix]

synthwave/indie electronic

USE

‘Clam’ 

pop punk/alternative

props

‘What Are You Waiting For?’

indie pop

SIDE B

The Dill

‘Lover Baby’

lo-fi rock

NODS

‘Echo’

bedroom pop/chillwave

Crash Cadet

‘Steps Never Taken’

indie rock/psych

Goodbye Again

‘Rum and Coke’

emo/acoustic

I got the idea for Netflix after my company was acquired. I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was six weeks late and I owed the video store $40. I had misplaced the cassette. It was all my fault.

Reed Hastings