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
The Anix
‘DSPTCH’
electronicore/wave
knowuh
‘WHEN YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT’
electro pop/indie electronic
Simple Fiction
‘On Edge’
alternative
Emerald Royce
‘WOLVES’ (Feat. LiveLikeSage)
pop punk/rap
SIDE B
Cloud Opacity
‘Marconi’
idm/electronica
Greg Cameo
‘Something to Live For’
indie pop/new wave
Scoobert Doobert
‘Don’t Worry’
indie pop
TLA
‘Forty Years’
synth-pop/new wave
Tonight, I feel like my whole body is made out of memories. I’m a mix-tape, a cassette that’s been rewound so many times you can hear the fingerprints smudged on the tape.
Rob Sheffield