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 Bad Dreamers
‘She’s Really Not That Into You’
synth-pop/indie
Austin Bullock
‘Kings And Cattle’
psych rock
CARRÉ
‘Freeform’
indie electro/industrial
Stranger
‘feed the stain’
post punk/UK garage
SIDE B
matt mcwaters
‘Bad Habits’
contemporary r&b
Samoun
‘Chakchouka’
lo-fi house/indie electronic
chemical club
‘blood on the pavement’
dream pop/lo-fi pop
Freddie Sunshine
‘Tabs’ (ft Myko Baer)
cloud rap/alternative
Just the other day I pulled out this old cassette of Ragged Glory and I popped it into my cassette player and I was digging it. They were just a great rock and roll band, one that presents the song ahead of everything else – there’s no grand idea or concept behind it.
Krist Novoselic