Good morning, and happy weekend. This is a post to let you know about a fan event we’ve got going on at Dumb Records tonight. Not the normal type of event we have in our space, but a new group known as “Swift Springfield” comprised of a few Sangamon CEO students organized a Taylor Swift fan event at our space earlier this spring and it went over very well, so here we are again for another one!
Tonight, June 10th, is a fan event for English pop singer and actor Harry Styles! Harry Styles had a new album come out last month called “Harry’s House” and we have plenty of copies on vinyl right here in the store. Tickets are being sold online right here through “Swift Springfield”. We will be raffling off a ONE DIRECTION turntable and also one copy of “Harry’s House” on vinyl! That kicks off tonight at 7:00 pm.
Check our shows page for a small list of shows (with bands) that we have coming up.
Look at this, this is our next show happening here at Dumb Records. It is happening on Saturday, June 4th (that’s this Saturday). Sorry, we haven’t been making website posts. Maybe we are again, maybe we’re not. Maybe we’ll do a newsletter again someday, maybe not. Either way, we are still putting out records all of the time and shows are still happening.
For this show we have the band Rig Time! coming from La Crosse, Wisconsin. How fun! That band played at Black Sheep once, maybe back in 2018 or something. Yeah, 2018. That was 4 years ago now and a different era. Stream that band’s music on the player below if you feel like it. Also on this band is local band Shroud. They are heavy as h*ck. (But what band isn’t heavy on any of these shows nowadays, right? lmao). Did Shroud release a demo yet? idk. Dwell is another band playing this show, from the Alton, Illinois area. Then opening things up is the second(?) ever show for the new local band Pariah.
This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one here. Check out our shows page, which only has two shows listed right now. Check out our underground forum that no one is on, for fun!
Good morning, it has been a while since we fired up the ol’ website. We figure today we’ll give it a try again. Maybe somewhere out there is reading this, maybe not. Anyways, tonight we have a hardcore show happening here at Dumb Records.
Tonight’s lineup includes touring hardcore act “Gates To Hell.” They are from Louisville, Kentucky. You can stream their new live album on the bandcamp player below. Gates To Hell are on tour with Ballista from Dallas, Texas, another hardcore band! Local legends on this show tonight include Springfield hardcore band Prevention (who will be playing last in the lineup if we had to guess). Also Direct Measure from the St. Louis area who are no strangers to our space. Opening things up is the newer Springfield heavy band “Hemlock”.
The show tonight is at 7:00 pm and admission is $10. We are recommending masks as we are once again entering another wave of COVID-19 in our area. Find a facebook event for this one right here.
Good morning! It’s been a while since we’ve made a website post of any kind, and we probably never even announced this show that’s happening tonight here at Dumb Records, but here is the info for it anyway!
Okay, tonight we’ve got a show. We finally have the alternative rock band Fujiko coming from Peoria! This one has been a long time coming – they were going to be playing our anniversary show that we had to postpone from back in January. And here they are! Stream some music on the player below. They will be coming with another Peoria “alternative” band, High Meadows! We are excited for the both to take the Dumb Records stage for the first time. Also taking the stage for the first time is Emily Hough – who has performed here before but in the days before we had a stage! Aaaand The Complaint Line, long time Springfield alternative 90’s rockers, will also finally be performing at our space for the first time as well! Opening things up is a newer and younger solo artist, Pierce Havenar!
That’s 5 acts, starting at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook for this one right here. I’m not even sure if our shows page is updated right now.
Okay here’s a non-hardcore show announcement for you all! Actually this is just an announcement for a show that we have re-scheduled, similar to one that was supposed to take place in January. This one is actually happening on Friday, April 15th now and it is a jazz and art show!
This show will start at 7:00 pm, and entry this time around is just $5. Find a facebook event for this one here. It is likely we will have our shows page re-booted up by the end of the day today. For no we have no rules regarding covid for this show!
Now it’s time for us to start announcing more shows! Here is another hardcore show (don’t worry we got some other non-hardcore shows coming up to announce later) – happening on Saturday, March 26th.
This show features touring act “Si Dos Quiere” from Chicago. They are a hardcore band and you can stream their latest three-song release on the player below. Also from Chicago and hardcore/punk band we have the return of SNUFFED, who played here at some point last year and features members of other groups formerly from Central Illinois in the Black Sheep years. Right in the middle of the lineup is Springfield / Decatur / Central Illinois newer hardcore group SHROUD, who recently had a demo come out. Before them is “DWELL” which is a hardcore band from a little drive South of here in Alton, Illinois. Opening things up is a brand new band from here that we know little about called Subversion!
All of that starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. We’re still working on updating our shows page, sorry. What’s our covid policy for this show? We are no longer checking vaccination status at the door and for this one we will probably no longer be requiring masks!
Good morning and good afternoon! We just had a show last night. New and used records are still rolling out here at Dumb Records every day and our shelves are overflowing again (and we don’t have room to put any new shelving at this point). So someone better come and buy some records from us. We are open every day from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. Below is a list of records (new and used), not including re-stocks, and not including all of the CDs and cassettes we have been getting in. Enjoy!
New LPs Bad Religion – Recipe For Hate Billy Preston – Encouraging Words Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There Black Pumas – Deluxe Edition Chicago – Chicago 19 Curtis Mayfield – The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield Eric Church – Carolina Foo Fighters – Saint Cecilia EP Goblin – Suspiria Goblin – Zombi Green Day – BBC Sessions Halsey – Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Iron Lung – Sexless / No Sex The Jam – All Mod Cons Jimi Hendrix – Both Sides Of The Sky John Mayer – Room For Squares The Knitters – Poor Little Critter On The Road Krallice – Hyperion Lagwagon – Resolve Linkin Park – Reanimation Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton: An American Musical Marie Queenie Lyons – Soul Fever Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On Live Miles Davis And Milt Jackson – Quintet / Sextet The Monotony Commission – One Hand Turns To Heaven Parquet Courts – Sympathy For Life Portugal The Man – In The Mountain In The Cloud Sabaton – The War To End All Wars Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra – Visits Planet Earth Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point The Weather Station – How It Is That I Should Look At The Stars The XX – XX Yellowman – Mello Yellow 2Pac – All Eyez On Me
Used LPs Annie Haslam – Annie In Wonderland Bobby Vinton – The Big Ones Bonaroo – Bonaroo Cerrone IV – The Golden Touch Chris And Cosey – Take Five Chuck Berry – Maybelline Vol. 2 David Banner – MTA2: Baptized In Dirty Water David Holland / Derek Bailey – Improvisations For Cello & Guitar Dean Martin – The Best Of Dean Martin Dollar O L’Amour Donald Byrd – Stepping Into Tomorrow Eddie Rabbitt – The Best Year Of My Life Frankie Yankovic – America’s Polka King Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra’s Greatest! Freddie Hart – Freddie Hart’s Greatest Hits Gary Wright / Spooky Tooth – That Was Only Yesterday George Benson – The George Benson Cookbook Gene Pitney – Looking Through The Eyes Of Love Glen Campbell – The 12 String Guitar Of Glen Campbell The Gories – The Shaw Tapes: Live In Detroit Graham Parker And The Rumour – Stick To Me The Grass Roots – Leaving It All Behind Hans Christian Anderson – Best Loved Fairy Tales Hawkwind – Hall Of The Mountain Grill Ivory Joe Hunter – Mean Woman Blues The Jacksons – Destiny Jim Reeves – Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? Jimmy Page – Death Wish II John Hall – Power Jon Hassell – Earthquake Island Jonathan Edwards – Rockin’ Chair Jonathan Edwards – Have A Good Time For Me Joni Mitchell – Mingus Jose Gonzalez – Local Valley Kenny Rankin – The Kenny Rankin Album Levon Helm – And The RCO All-Stars Larry Coryell – The Eleventh House L.T.D. – Love To The World Mimi & Richard Farina – The Best Of Mimi & Richard Farina The Mothers Of Invention – The **** Of The Mothers The Move – Shazam The Move – Split Ends Nazz – Nazz III Odyssey – Odyssey Orchestra Luna – Orchestra Luna Pacific Gas & Electric – The Best Of PG&E The Platters – The GOlden Hits Of The Platters Quincy Quincy Rare Bird – Epic Forest Richie Havens – Mixed Bag Rubicon – American Dreams Rupert Holmes – Rupert Holmes Rupert Holmes – Singles Spooky Tooth – Tobacco Road Stanley Clarke – Stanley Clarke Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania The Uptown Rullers – Twelve Inches, 12! Van-Zant – Van Zant Various – The Big Ball Various – The Joy Of Christmas Various – Cricket And Other Friends Various – Shut Down Wadsworth Mansion – Wadsworth Mansion Wilson Pickett – I Want You Wilson Pickett – A Funky Situation Yello – Toy
12” Singles The Cuf – Whatcha Say? Daddy D. – Motherfussin’ Deserteagle – Qwazaar Kool & The Gang – Victory Noddin Nodders – Bounce Toddy Tee – I Need A Rolex
Happy Monday, guess what – there is a show happening here at Dumb Records tonight (the first hardcore show of 2022 for us) – there have also been some lineup changes on this one even since we announced it one week ago on our site.
Tonight! We still have Springfield hardcore legends Prevention playing last, headlining the gig. We also still have the main touring band on this one – “Payasa” from Chicago. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. The lineup changes are happening on the opening acts – the previous bands which all started with the letter “P” from out of town are no longer playing. Looks like they found another local “P” band and that is “Pucker uP.” Tonight’s show of course, has been brought to you by the letter P.
This show starts at 7:00 pm on Monday and admission is $7! The arcade will be open! Find a facebook event here. We do have a couple of other shows lined up in the coming weeks and months we’ll announce soon. Here’s a covid policy update as well:
• Masks? Please wear masks for this show, probably not required for future shows after this one? • We’re not checking for vaccine or negative test status anymore. Horray.
New stuff! Here we are… on a Thursday with a long list of some new arrivals this week at Dumb Records. Our store is still open here every day from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. We have our next show happening on Monday night, so we’ll be open later than that! This is a long list of some new and used LPs that have hit the shelves, not including re-stocks, or CDs, or cassettes.
New LPs Act I – Act I Alice In Chains – Live At The Hollywood Palladium 1992 Band Of Skulls – Himalayan Beck / Various – Song Reader Bob Dylan – More Blood, More Tracks The Bootleg Series Chi-Lites – Give It Away Christopher Lennertz – Mondo / The Boys Coldplay – Myo Xyloto The Copyrights – Alone In A Dome Dio – Master Of The Moon Elvis Costello – Taking Liberties Freddie Mercury – Mr Bad Guy George Freeman – New Improved Funk Grateful Dead – Shakedown New York Vol. 2 Hootie & The Blowfish – Cracked Rear View The Insect Trust – The Insect Trust Jimmy Page – Burn Up Joey Cape – Let Me Know When You Give Up John Lee Hooker – Sittin’ Here Thinkin’ Joseph Trapanese – Prisoners Of The Ghostland Kind Diamond – In Concert 1987 Abigail Laffing Gas – It’s A Beautiful Day In The Gulch Lagwagon – Let’s Talk About Feelings Lagwagon – Hoss Lagwagon – Blaze Leftover Crack – The E-Sides And F-Sides Leo Wright – Blues Shout Leonard Cohen – Songs From A Room Less Than Jake – Silver Linings Less Than Jake – See The Light Maroon 5 – Red Pill Blues The Move – Message From The Country Needtobreathe – Out Of Body PJ Harvey – Stories From The City Possessed Beyond The Gates Randy Edelman – Ghostbusters II Richard Lloyd – Field Of FIre The Rolling Stones – Honk: The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 The Standells – Live On Tour – 1966! The Stompers – The Stompers The Stylistics – Fabulous Various – Spider-Man 3: Music From And Inspired By
Used LPs Alabama – Live Artful Dodger – Babes On Broadway Baby Grand – Baby Grand Badger – White Lady Benny Golson – Killer Joe Bette Midler – Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! Bill Haley And His Comets – Bill Haley And His Comets Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra – Golden Hits Bob Welch – Bob Welch Canned Heat – Human Condition Carly Simon – Hello Big Man The Caroleer Singers – Sleigh Ride Jingle Bells Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows Clarence Clemons – Rescue Country Joe McDonald – Love Is A Fire Crosby, Stills & Nash – Live It Up Dalton & Dubarri – Dalton & Dubarri Dean Martin – On The Sunny Side The Doobie Brothers – Cycles Dorris Day – Day Dreams Epitaph – Outside The Law Fatback – Man With The Band Gladys Knight And The Pips – All Our Love Goin’ Goin’ Gone – Goin’ Goin’ Gone Guy Lombardo – Song Of Norway Gypsy – In The Garden Garry Connick, Jr. – We Are In Love Hot R.S. – Forbidden Fruit Ian Matthews – Tigers Will Survive Ian Matthews – Valley Hi Jean-Luc Ponty – Imaginary Voyage JD McPherson – Signs & Signifiers Joe & Eddie – There’s A Meetin’ Here Tonite Kenny Gill – What Was, What Is, What Will Be K-Tel Records – The Beat: Sound Wave Of The 80’s Larry Coryell – Barefoot Boy Leif Garrett – Leif Garrett The Lettermen – Put Your Head On My Shoulder Londa – Heavenly Love Love / Action – Sniff ’N’ The Tears Martin Denny – Another Taste Of Honey Martin Lawrence – Funk It! Meir Levy – Jerusalem of GOld Mike Sammes Singers – White Christmas The Motors – Approved By The Motors Moxy – Ridin’ High Nazz – Nazz (1969) The Nice – Keith Emerson With The Nice Oak Ridge Boys – Greatest Hits 2 The Pentangle – Basket Of Light The Pentangle – Solomon’s Seal The Persuasions – We Came To Play Ray Charles – The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Manzarek – The Golden Scarab Richard Torrance And Eureka – Belle Of The Ball Rita Coolidge – Love Me Again Scorpions – Best Of Scorpions Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Stillness Stanley Clark – Journey To Love Sylvester – Step II Tommy Roe – It’s Now Winters Day Trapeze – Trapeze Various – Discomania 2 Various – Parade Of Show Stoppers Various – Party Rock Various – The Sound Of Folk Music, 1964 The Zombies – R.I.P.
12” Singles Fat Boys – Rock Ruling / Hell No! Snoop Dogg – Just Dippin’ Sylvester – Band Of Gold Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
Good morning, and happy tornado drill Tuesday. We finally have our next show to announce here at Dumb Records, coming up in just six days on Monday, March 7th. Oh, it’s March!
This show is another hardcore show. Prevention is playing. The touring band on this bill is PAYASA, “blistering hardcore” music from Chicago. You can stream their demo on the player embedded below. Then we have “Pysop” from Iowa City, Iowa! On tour with Payasa maybe? But they don’t have any music recorded yet it looks like! Whoops! The fourth and final act on this show is Pinkville from St. Louis! They play loud punk music!
This show starts at 7:00 pm on Monday and admission is $7! The arcade will be open! Find a facebook event here. This is the only show we have announced right now, we’ll re-boot our shows page when we announce a couple more. Here’s a covid policy update as well:
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