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

mookigang

‘Incomplete’

emo rap

we meet as strangers

‘Leave / Forget’

‘wave’/synthwave

mynameisleonidas

‘periergo’ 

electro pop/indie electronic

Yellow Shoots

‘SALMA’

indie r&b/psych

SIDE B

Smith, Lyle & Moore

‘Born to Be Wild’

indie pop/cover

Zachary Durham

‘Waterfall’

contemporary r&b

Ocie Elliott

‘Wait for You’

indie folk

SLYJYNX

‘Low’

synth-pop/indie electronic

One of the first cassette tapes I ever purchased was the Rambo III score. I was not allowed to see Rambo, but my mom would allow me to buy the music, so I would listen to that score over and over and imagine the movie. But those limitations and not being able to access those things made me so much more excited about them.

Dan Trachtenberg