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

Tom Bandy & the Eternal Summer Break

‘Shady Guy With Lyme Disease’

lo-fi rock/dream pop

Phil Rick

‘Just Friends’

indie r&b

REAL UNIDAD & Regor

‘ME SUPERÉ’

latin hip-hop/trap

FlexpackFACE

‘Temperature check’ (ft. LUV)

rap/trap

SIDE B

raphael

‘WALKING IN THE RAIN’

cloud rap

Spicy Lychees

‘Caminhada’

indie electronic/psych pop

Dak Willie

‘No Time’

cloud rap/alternative

Treveezy

‘Hall Of Mirrors’

trap/cloud rap

If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka.

Dennis Miller