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

Distant Lovers

‘Hills’

synth-pop/synthwave

Cade Hoppe

‘Borrowed Time’

bedroom pop/indie electronic

Panaviscope

‘Three Cups’

electro pop/electronica

Hien

‘Bloom’

bedroom pop/dream pop

SIDE B

12:08 am

‘Launch Party’ (feat. Jeremiah Sole)

indie r&b/funk

Delmarvae Naupranae

‘Holographic’

emo rap/’wave’

Williamtxxx

‘Confieso’

latin pop/lofi hip-hop

RILEY THE MUSICIAN

‘She Drives A Harley’

indietronica/hyperpop

At 8, I got my first cassette, which was Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria.’

Laura Jane Grace