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