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
Rightfield
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ (feat. JordyPurp)
pop punk/pop-rock
Yoshi Flower
‘Star Shopping’
lo-fi pop/indie
dichotomi
‘STF 17’
alternative hip-hop
Dusty Durston
‘de Sade’
indie rock
SIDE B
Izu Osirus
‘Back On The Road’
afro fusion/contemporary r&b/rap
jinnss
‘millionmilesaway’
cloud rap/trap
iamnotshane
‘Maybe My Soulmate Died’
alt pop
Triathalon
‘Dreams’
bedroom pop/psych
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