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
Vanessa From Maine
‘I Still Have Faith’
country/americana
The Trash Pile
‘Asbestos Tryst’ (feat. Mairi Kennedy)
art rock/new wave
AMFM
‘Wednesday’
indie rock/psych
Von Deckle
‘Sonny’
alt-country/americana
SIDE B
Emblematics
‘Belinda’
indie pop
Thaddeus Schramm
‘Revenge’
dark ambient/drone
Space Soul
‘death wish’
rap/synthwave
Weird Kyd
‘BHNC’
hip-hop
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