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

Fried Dough

‘Rinse Repeat’

trip-hop/experimental electronic

Johnny Cisneros

‘Let’s Talk’

bedroom pop

Nicole Canaan

‘Dreaming Scheming’

dream pop

Melnik

‘Need Dat’

cloud rap/indie electronic

SIDE B

Rediisin

‘Realtime’

noise pop/new wave

Trust The Child

‘Slow Down Spring’

indie r&b/downtempo

Spaghetti Betty

‘Not Cool’

experimental rock

Brvno

‘talk with me (about it)’

adult contemporary/hip-hop

If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka.

Dennis Miller