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

SSS

‘Worlding’

indie electronic/psych/instrumental

Supermilk

‘Cease to Exist’

post punk/indie rock

Flo Fi

Yum JPG

instrumental hip-hop

Details of Eating

‘Verrine’ (Feat. Krista Lane)

electro pop/indie pop

SIDE B

Specific Coast

‘Wasn’t Love’

indie folk

No Star

‘Shiny Thing’

lo-fi rock

Kai Undrell

‘Bittersweet Dreams’

indie pop

HashFinger

‘Get Down’

instrumental hip-hop

When I was 10, 11, 12 years old, I would pretend to be on the radio. I bought a mixer and these big, ugly headphones and I would literally broadcast the cassette tapes in my bedroom.

Ryan Seacrest