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
Shadi G
‘Mitoone’ (feat. Elijah Boothe)
neo soul
knowuh
‘TRAPPED’
chillwave
Rachel Angel
‘Bring Me Down’
acoustic/americana
Graham Grease
‘Teething’
lo-fi rock
SIDE B
Richard Orofino
‘i belong to u’
bedroom pop/dream pop
Konstantin Schimanowski
‘Remis’
psych folk/singer-songwriter
freddyboy
‘Way I Feel’
chillwave
Flaysher
‘Ride’
americana/country/pop-rock
With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.
Sharon Begley