Our pink shirts and sweatshirts are available now at both stores, and online! $20 for shirts, $30 for sweatshirts.

Here are the hot new vinyl titles releasing this Friday!
– CHARLI XCX – a new album kinda from this BRAT pop superstar, it’s her soundtrack to the film “Wuthering Heights” which is also coming out Friday, highly anticipated. It’s on “Galaxy green + black” vinyl.
– THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES 1997 album “Let’s Face It” is finally getting re-issued to vinyl! I’ve never had to knock on wood, but if you know someone who has they just might want to pick this one up.
– Whaaaat, BECK has a new album out for the first time in 7 years! Called “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” out on red vinyl.
– Japanese singer/songwriter ICHIKO AOBA with her new album “Windswept Adan”
– JEFF BUCKLEY’s live album from 1993 “Live At Sin-E” is coming on QUADRUPLE black vinyl, (that’s 4 LPs, 8 sides total, count ’em)

This week Pepperoni picked Olivia Dean

“I heard everyone asking for this one over the holiday season, and here I am a couple of months later! In time for a Valentine’s Day pick actually. This is British pop singer Olivia Dean’s second studio album “The Art of Loving.” Described as a pop and R&B album, Olivia Dean has rose to success with her 2025 breakout song “Man I Need” which is on this album! Enjoy!”

We gotta rock ‘n roll show happening downtown this Friday!

Here are the hot new vinyl releases also happening this Friday
– BAD BUNNY is playing the halftime show this upcoming weekend so you KNOW his new album “Debi Tirar Mas Fotos” is gonna be a big one. We will have plenty of copies on white vinyl in both stores.
– The fourth album from JOJI – who is a Japanese R&B and trip-hop artist, “P*ss In The Wind” is coming out! We might have colored vinyl, we might just have black.
– DJO is back with “The Crux Deluxe” deluxe album with bonus tracks of his release from last year “The Crux”.
– Our pals RATBOYS have a brand new album out “Singin’ To An Empty Chair” – and we will have the exclusive colored vinyl and some copies are signed!?
– A reissue of the classic TLC album “Fanmail” from 1999! I don’t want no scrubs.
– THE long running Norwegian black metal band MAYHEM are here with their seventh recorded full length, “Liturgy Of Death.”
– There are a number of reissues from 90’s britpop and Gorillaz-related band BLUR, the one we are stocking up the most on is “Leisure” their debut from 1991.

This week Pepperoni picked Alice In Chains

“Let me introduce my friend to you, the three legged dog. He is actually the cover the third and self-titled album for Seattle 90’s grunge band Alice In Chains. Released on Halloween of 1995, It followed up their commercial breakthrough album “Dirt” and also the “Jar Of Flies” EP from the previous year. It’s got the song “Heaven Beside You.” And now, it’s finally got a 30 year anniversary pressing on highlighter yellow vinyl!”

We just got our downtown store cleaned up on Jan 1st, and sufficiently undid all that with the Goth Night and Hardcore show right.

This Friday we’re hosting a hip-hop show downtown.

Then Saturday starts our 12 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SALE, plus ILLINOIS VINTAGE FAIR Saturday and Sunday! Both stores are running the sale, the vintage fair is happening downtown. That’s right we’ve been around for 12 years! That’s 12 years of people asking us if we’re another recycled records or somethin.

Finally we’re back to Friday releases again! Here are this Friday’s hot new vinyls

– RAMONES Greatest Hits being re-issued on clear vinyl as part of the Rhino “Start Your (y)Ear Off Right” series.
– Also a part of the same series, the FIGHT CLUB ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK being pressed to double pink vinyl!
– Then two STEELY DAN albums that had been pretty unavailable on vinyl before now – 2000’s “Two Against Nature” and 2003 “Everything Must Go”
– Then we got two BLUE NOTE TONE POET REISSUES:
– Hank Mobley “Hank”
– and Tyrone Washington “Natural Essence”

This week Pepperoni picks Kid A

“One thing’s for sure – getting through the holiday season it is harder than ever for us to keep RADIOHEAD albums in stock. The kids can’t get enough of this Radiohead band, what’s up with that? Well, here is my fourth ever Radiohead pick… we’ve had “The Bends” we’ve had “OK Computer,” we’ve had “In Rainbows”… now here is their 2000 album “KID A.” The first Radiohead album to chart number one on the US Billboard 200, it didn’t even have any hit singles and is filled with mostly experimental post-rock ambient sounding stuff. I even don’t know if I get it, but the kids seem to love it.”

It’s Christmas Eve and we’re still here dishing out the records

This week Pepperoni picked Ozzy again

“We’re down to my last two picks of the year, I better make them good. We lost many legends in the music world here in 2025 – R.I.P. Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were two big ones, Roberta Flack, Chuck Mangione, Terry Reid, D’Angelo, Jimmy Cliff, (the list goes on really). Of course we all know that OZZY is high up on that list as he gave us one final performance sitting down in a mighty throne with the whole world watching and then he died just a few days later. What a life that man had, with Black Sabbath shaping metal music for years to come and then his solo career. This is his second solo album “Diary Of A Madman” which came out in 1981. It does not have Crazy Train on it but I think it is still good.”

It’s the week before Christmas and we’re certainly going through the ringer over here. First the big snow cancelled all our events last Saturday. And just last night all of our lighting went out at once in the main area of our downtown store.

But we’re still hanging in there. DIY till ya die right?

This week Pepperoni picks Primus

“Alright this one’s for all you 90’s freaks out there. This 1993 album by Primus, “Pork Soda” sounds just about as weird as the album title. I’m not sure if it’s metal, funk, punk, or what. You’ve got your funky bass licks and you got a guy rambling on about who knows what and I can hardly understand a word he says. This one includes songs “My Name Is Mud” and also the Christmas hit “Mr. Krinkle.” Enjoy!”

It is the season when all parents and grandparents come to our stores trying to figure out how to get all these wacked out vinyls for their kids and loved ones. One way to make this easy is a Dumb Records Gift Card! These can be used at either store.

Tonight we have this show going on Downtown

This week Pepperoni picked Twin Peaks

“(Twin Peaks theme plays) Diane… it is 11:30am, Thursday December 10th. We are entering the town of Twin Peaks. There’s a waterfall. 106 miles to Chicago a full tank of gas and a half pack of cigarettes. Diane, if you ever get up this way, that cherry pie is worth a stop. That’s the best cup of coffee I ever tasted.”

Have you sat on Santa’s lap yet at the mall? While you’re there, be sure to check out our tree. They have a whole bunch of Christmas trees at the mall to check out.

We had a Record Store Day Black Friday last weekend, and then a bunch of snow instead of Small Business Saturday. Who needs small businesses anyway, they’re always whining about getting the shaft all the time anyway.

Both stores had the goods and lines. Everyone behaved and made it the best Black Friday to date, good job!

This Friday we have another batch of new releases!
– KHRUANGBIN “The Universe Smiles Upon You II” this is actually 10 new renditions of Khruangbin’s first album! Out on double LP, white vinyl!
– JELLY ROLL has two re-issues for earlier albums “Self Medicated” and “A Beautiful Disaster” out on Friday, black vinyl.
– OLIVIA RODRIGO “Live From Glastonbury” double LP – looks like the records are two different shades of blue!
– A re-issue of the 1981 punk album from GUN CLUB, “Fire of Love”
– Big time punk rock band NOFX releasing the first volume of a new rarities comp, “A to H”.
– MAC MILLER with a triple LP deluxe edition of his 2015 album “GO:OD AM” – there are a couple of different variations but one has yellow, white, and clear vinyl.