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

townsend

‘dramamine’

alt pop

JAN3T

‘are you with me?’

bedroom pop

Federal Dank

‘Pandemic’

punk/electronicore

Ruiz! 

‘Love is Blind’

indie electronic/alternative

SIDE B

TheYungJB

‘Grinding’

trap/hip-hop

Foster the Prankster

‘Tie-Dye Skies’

alternative hip-hop

Square Meal Laboratories

‘The Acid Test’

electro/acid

Eddie Redblood

‘Spacedust’

wave/experimental electronic/italo

I got the idea for Netflix after my company was acquired. I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was six weeks late and I owed the video store $40. I had misplaced the cassette. It was all my fault.

Reed Hastings