Cinnamoroll, Pochacco, Pompompurin, My Melody, Kuromi, Keroppi, Badtz-maru and of course, Hello Kitty herself, have now each received their own cassette tape charm toys in their signature colors.

Vinyl is experiencing a huge resurgence — we all know this. But a rising tide lifts all ships and it has actually spawned renewed interest in other old-school audio formats as well, including CDs and, ...

Long before Spotify and Soundcloud, cassette tape trading was how many discovered new music. With it came a flood of releases from some of the biggest dance promoters of the ‘90s - but in a very ...

Before lo-fi was a genre, it was just the reality of trying to make home recordings with limited technology. Now, that old haunted tape hiss has a new power.

As the signs became clearer and clearer that it was over, Ace of Base went on hiatus after 2002’s “Da Capo.” By then, though, their ’90s pop legacy still shaped pop culture.

I worked mainly with TDK 90s, meaning each side of the tape could accommodate 45 minutes of music. Naturally, finished products required clever titles, cover art and carefully documented song rosters.

The A-Hed. Gen Z Loves Cassettes. But Wait, How Do These Things Work? The Spotify generation is buying albums on tape, getting schooled on how people listened to music in the ’80s and ’90s ...

Pioneer's new single-DIN head unit looks like an '80s car radio, but there's modern connectivity behind what looks like a tape deck. By Andrew P. Collins Published May 22, 2025 11:20 AM EDT ...