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

Mars Alva

‘CRASH!’

cloud rap/trap

Kowloon

‘Today’

lo-fi rock/psych

Amadi

‘Pilot’ (feat. Mane)

emo rap/autotune

Yung Revenge

‘BEAM!’ (feat. Ajami22k)

cloud rap/trap

SIDE B

Bando Black

‘So Simple’

hip-hop/afrobeats

Saint Djuni

‘Drifter’

pop

BOO SEEKA

‘Real’

alt pop

Loren Berí

‘Greta’s Inn’ (feat. Kishi Bashi)

indie pop

A lot of times Mick will play me different things, or I’ll listen to a cassette, and out of twenty ideas or whatever, I’ll find two or three that are just blowing me away, and we’ll start working on them right away.

Lou Gramm