Mary Lattimore - Collected Pieces: 2015-2020 (Gold Ripple) - VINYL LP

In the afterglow of her acclaimed 2020 album Silver Ladders (a year-end favorite of NPR, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and others), Los Angeles-based harpist and composer Mary Lattimore returns with a culminating counterpart , Collected Pieces 2015-2020. The limited-edition LP features new and previously unreleased material, Bandcamp-only singles, and other obscurities alongside standouts from her 2017 tape Collected Pieces. Beyond the vinyl compendium, an expanded tracklist on the cassette/digital version brings more of Lattimore's archives together for the first time. Lattimore has described the process of arranging these releases as akin to Inchopening a box filled with memories,Inch and here that box continues to populate, accessible for both the artist and fans. Evocative material separated by years, framed as a portrait of an instrumental storyteller who rarely pauses, recording and often sharing music as soon as it strikes her. Seemingly in constant forward motion for the last five years since her Ghostly debut, Lattimore glances back for a breath, inviting new chances to live in these fleeting moments and emotions; all the beauty, sorrow, sunshine, and darkness housed within.A familiar harp sequence opens the set, making it's first vinyl appearance is InchWawa By The Ocean,Inch Lattimore's ode to her favorite convenience store, Wawa #700 in Ship Bottom, New Jersey. InchTwelve summers of solo trips to Ship Bottom and it hasn't really changed. I'll always visit it in my dreams,Inch Lattimore said upon it's initial , and surely that beachside landmark still appears each time this delightful pattern unfolds, hoagies and all. Next is a newer single, InchWe Wave From Our Boats,Inch which she improvised after walking her neighborhood during the early days of lockdown in 2020, and shared on her Bandcamp. InchI would just wave at neighbors I didn't know in a gesture of

SKRILLEX / QUEST FOR FIRE / Skrillex releases his highly anticipated album Quest For Fire after having a monumental run of performances and releases this year including sold out pop-ups in NYC at Good Room and Le Poisson Rouge along with a Madison Square Garden show. The Grammy award winning musician enlists help from fellow pioneering artists such as Fred again.., Four Tet, Jamie XX, Dylan Brady, & more, further etching his name as one of dance music's greats. With his first of the year InchRumbleInch featuring Fred again.., & Flowdan having garnered major accolades the other songs on this album follow it's lead and remain nothing less than extraordinary. Appearances from some of Skrillex's most forward-thinking friends are seen throughout the project on tracks such as InchRatataInch featuring pop-culture icon Missy Elliot and InchA Street I KnowInch featuring the eclectic Eli Keszler. Other collaborators include Sleepnet, Noisia, Josh Pan, Porter Robinson, Bibi Bourelly, Joker, Starrah, and Nai Barghouti resulting in one of Skrillex's most club oriented and masterful bodies of work to date. VINYL LP

Goin' Up is the second album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, a classic in the hard bop era, full of fire, finesse, and rich interplay. Released on May 1961 it was recorded in November 6, 1960 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Following his debut InchOpen SesameInch (1960), with InchGoin' UpInch continued Hubbard's partnership with producer Alfred Lion and sound engineer Rudy Van Gelder, forging his hard bop signature. The record is a bold and soulful statement from a young Freddie Hubbard 22 years old at the time his command and creativity are on full display, supported by an all-star ensemble as Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. Their synergy is palpable Tyner's dynamic modes, Chambers' grounding bass, and Jones's rhythmic drive provide a powerful foundation for Hubbard and Mobley to stretch out. The album blends spirited hard bop energy with emotional depth, ideal for anyone exploring Hubbard's formative and most exciting studio work a few outstanding solos, playing lyrically on the ballads and building his own sound out of the Clifford Brown/Lee Morgan tradition. InchGoin' UpInch is a defining moment for Hubbard's early career a hard bop session with emotional breadth, technical prowess, and top-tier musical conversation.