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SJ-R: “Weekly Y-Block Concert Series To Begin May 30”

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There is an article in today’s local paper The State Journal-Register about the big Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series announcement. The article is titled “Weekly Y-Block Concert Series To Begin May 30th” found in the Local section of this Wednesday’s paper, also online right here. From the article:

The Skatalites, one of Jamaica’s original heavy-hitting ska and reggae bands, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Fareed Haque headline the Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series on the Y-block in downtown Springfield on Thursday evenings from May 30th to Aug. 1. The series’ musical styles run the gamut, with artists offering up beebop jazz, soul, traditional Celtic, classical and roots-rock.

The full list of ten concerts has been announced, which you can find a list of on our site right here. Dumb Records is on as a main sponsor for the Thursday, June 6th featuring the one and only Skatalites from Jamaica, which is already less than one month away.

Be sure to “like” and follow the Levitt AMP Springfield facebook page for more updates on the concert series.

Audiofeed Music Festival Volume 7 Happening July 4-6th in Urbana, Illinois

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Trying to stay in the loop with all of the music festivals happening here in town and Central Illinois this summer! A festival whose lineup was recently announced and started in Central Illinois the same time that Dumb Fest did (which would have also been on its seventh year), is Audiofeed Music Festival which takes place at the fairgrounds in Urbana, Illinois each year. This year “Volume 07” of the festival is taking place from Thursday July 4th through Saturday July 6th. The poster is above, although there are so many bands listed there that you might have trouble reading them. You can find a close-up and probably more readable version of the poster on the Audiofeed website right here. You can also find ticket info and more FAQ’s on the Audiofeed website. We find it worth mentioning that our friends over at The Radon Lounge are some of the many people involved in setting up this festival every year.

Also find a facebook event for Audiofeed Music Festival right here.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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It’s Tuesday, let’s stay on track with giving you a fresh list of some vinyl that’s been hitting the shelves this past week! Our store is located at 418 E Monroe Street and is open every day from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. This week there’s only one show lined up at Bread Stretchers and that is happening on Sunday. Looks like this weekend downtown… there is the Fat Ass 5k going on Friday and Saturday so we might get some traffic in from that! Nice. Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for the week and then jump into some of what’s new.

Tuesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Barbra Streisand – Wet
The Beatles – Meet The Beatles
Bobby Dukoff – Tender Sax
The Charlie Daniels Band – Million Mile Reflections
Dan Fogelberg – Windows and Walls
Dennis Yost & The Classics IV – Song
Flash And The Pan – Flash And The Pan
The Flock – Dinosaur Swamps
Glen Campbell – Greatest Hits
Jamal – Fades Em All
Jefferson Starship – Gold
John Klemmer – Arabesque
Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire: The Best Of
Julie Driscoll / Brian Auger – Open
Kansas – Power
The Kids – Anvil Chorus
Linda Ronstadt – Simple Dreams
Marillion – Fugazi
Margie Joseph – Feeling My Way
Michael Feinstein – Pure Gershwin
Mr. Mister – Welcome To The Real World
Nat King Cole – Love Is Wild
Nat King Cole – The Best of Nat King Cole
Neil Diamond – Love At The Greek
Redd Foxx – Have One On Me
Richard Pryor – Craps (After Hours)
Sonny Fortune – With Sound Reason
Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
Various – A Hand Is On The Gate
Various – Montreux ’77: The Jam Sessions
Waylon Jennings – Ol’ Waylon
The Youngbloods – Rock Festival
Zapp – Zapp

12” Singles
Akinyele – Take A Lick
Almighty 3 – To The Other M.C.’s
B.O.N. – Boys
Chico DeBarge – Give You What You Want (Fa Sure)
Elixir – Vast Aire
Grandmaster Flash – The Message
Kasino – Nasty Girl / Men of Respect
Master P – It Ain’t My Fault
M.C. Sayrie – Nosey People
Mike Nice – Let’s Groove Tonight
Monica – Just Another Girl
Most Wanted – Suckas
The Pacifics – Especially
Naughty By Nature – Mourn You Til I Join You
Self Scientific – You Can’t Fall / Three Kings
Twista – Girl Tonight
Tradegy – The Judas Theory
Truck – Breaker One / Bring It To The Cypher

New CDs
The Alan Parsons Project – Ammonia Avenue
The Alan Parsons Project – Vulture Culture
April Wine – Brigate
Billy Joel – Piano Man
Billy Squier – The Best Of
Blondie – Plastic Letters
The Black Crowes – By Your Side
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear The Reaper: The Best Of
Blue Oyster Cult – Career of Evil: The Metal Years
Creed – Greatest Hits
Dire Straits – On The Night
Dire Straits – On Every Street
Electric Light Orchestra – Face The Music
Glenn Frey – The Allnighter
Glenn Frey – The Best Of
James – Laid
James – Wah Wah
Jeff Buckley – Mystery White Boy: Live ’95-‘96
John Mellencamp – Human Wheels
John Cougar Mellencamp – Big Daddy
John Mooney – All I Want
Journey – Arrival
Journey – Raised On Radio
Leone Magiera – Pavarotti In Central Park
The Living End – Roll On
LFO – Life Is Good
Lit – Tripping The Light Fantastic
The London Suede – Head Music
Low – Secret Name
Low – Things We Lost In The Fire
Mandy Moore – Mandy Moore
Mellencamp – Cuttin’ Heads
Men At Work – Puttin’ In Overtime
Men Without Hats – Collection
Mephisto Odyssey – The Deep Red Connection
Placido Domingo – Be My Love…
Placido Domingo – Ave Maria
R.E.O. Speedwagon – R.E.O.
Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart – A Little Misunderstood: The Sixties Sessions
Sarah McLachlan – Remixed
Stereolab – The First Of The Microbe Hunters
Steve Miller Band – Italian Xrays
Steve Perry – Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased
Sting – Sacred Love

 

May Issue of Activator Available At Dumb Records

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May is here! Actually, we are already one week into May (happy tornado Tuesday btw), and guess what we have the latest issue of local music magazine Activator Magazine for all of you fans of printed content that you can hold in your hands and read. This is the twelfth issue the magazine has put out since they began with their first issue of June of last year. Have you collected them all?

On the cover of this month’s issue is non-local musician Tav Falco – Tav Falco’s Panther Burns will be performing here in Springfield across the street from us at Bar None on Thursday, May 23rd. Also included is an interview with Bloomington, IL electronic/indie act Black Esther, plus plenty of album reviews, photos, and shows calendars for Central Illinois and St. Louis. There’s a review and in-depth look at “Flor Fest” which took place in Urbana last month, and Mansion Music Fest which is coming up this month in Virden, Illinois. Also an interview with Central Illinois metal band Portals, and more interviews with local artists Kid Ziggy, Papa Luke, Izhi & Danny J. Copies can be found at Dumb Records (for free) and also various local businesses and locations around town.

All Levitt AMP Music Series Dates Announced (May 30th – August 1st)

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A lot of you have been very curious as to what the city of Springfield winning a $25,000 grant through the Levitt AMP Foundation would lead to and after a lot of waiting and anticipation the dates for all ten concerts that are set to take place on the Y-Block downtown this summer have been announced. These will be happening Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at 4th and Jackson Streets downtown (very close to our new location). At this point all of the dates have been released as facebook events posted from the Levitt AMP Springfield facebook page. Here are all of them listed out:

May 30th: Damon Mitchell + Integrity
June 6th: The Skatalites + TaQsem
June 13th: The ISO Brass Ensemble
June 20th: Oro Solido + Latin Jazz Project
June 27th: Fareed Haque’s Flat Earth Ensemble + Jazz Robots
July 4th: Concert + Fireworks
July 11th: Dirty Dozen Brass Band + Frank Parker
July 18th: Liz Cooper & The Stampede + Kate Laine
July 25th: Switchback + Skibbereen
August 1st: John Moreland + Edward David Anderson

There you have it! Dumb Records is on as a main supporting sponsor for the June 6th date with The Skatalites – active since the 1960’s and on tour from Jamaica. Keep updated with everything Levitt Springfield related by following the Levitt AMP Springfield page on facebook. We’ll also be adding all of these shows to our Springfield shows page so you can stay up to date on events going on outside of our space.

Update: Here is a video announcement put together by Downtown Springfield Inc. and PNC Bank for all of the dates.

Ty Witty: “For When It Rains…”

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Getting back on track with all of the new local music that’s been coming out lately! And there is a lot to keep up with when it comes up with local hip hop here in Springfield in the year 2019. Here is a brand new ten track album which dropped last month from local rapper Ty Witty called “For When It Rains…” which you can find streaming on the player below in it’s entirety. You can also head on over to Ty Witty’s bandcamp page where you can download the full album at your own price. Ty doesn’t have any local gigs lined up as far as we can tell.

We are adding this one on the list for 2019 releases on our ultimate Springfield album archive page! Go ahead and check that out and our 400+ albums/releases we have archived right here.

June 18th at Bread Stretchers: Double Grave, The Cult Of Lip, The Telephone Junkies, Nectar

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Wow, are you ready for this? Happy Monday by the way. Here is another show coming up at Bread Stretchers – we are moving into the June show announcements with this one happening on Tuesday, June 18th. For this we have the return of Double Grave to Springfield from Minneapolis! The band had played at Black Sheep last year. This time they are bringing another band called “The Cult of Lip” with them! Stream some of The Cult of Lip’s music on the player below. For this show we also have Nectar performing for the first time at Bread Stretchers (they also performed at Black Sheep last time Double Grave was in town). Opening things up is The Telephone Junkies! (who are also playing our next show here on the 12th).

This show starts at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our Bread Stretchers shows page for a look at what else is coming up in these next few months.

Tiny Desk Concert Series Tonight at Anvil & Forge, Dumb Records Participating In Midwest Music Expo Today

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Hey all it’s Friday, it’s the weekend and there is plenty going on. We don’t have any shows lined up at Bread Stretchers this weekend, but there are still things to do in this city! Here’s a quick post that’s a rundown on some things going on.

Remember the Tiny Desk mini-concert that we told you about a couple of days ago? Well guess what, that is happening tonight at Anvil & Forge Brewery downtown at 7:00 pm. We have been told this is still all ages however sounds like if you are under 21 you require some sort of parent or guardian. :-/. For this event  they have a performance by Jeff Williams of NIL8 lined up, also Springfield folk/Americana act The Deep Hollow will be performing. Also Kate Laine (Kate the Band(?)), and Looming (as a two piece?), Dexter Anodyne, and more? Wow!

By the way, we have not at all mentioned this but we are going to be apart of some panel discussion today at the Midwest Music Expo in Decatur at Millikin University. That’s kicking off in just an hour or two so it’s a little late notice for us to be telling you about it for any of you readers out there in Springfield. We’ll be on a panel of discussion topics with other representatives from different areas of the music industry to talk about things ranging from show and concert booking to social media and guerrilla marketing. We aren’t entirely sure what to expect but are up for whatever today brings!

Because of being gone in Decatur, our radio show on 88.3 WQNA will not be airing today on its usual 4:00 to 6:00 pm Friday time. Our store however will still be open its normal time today until 8:00 pm.

May 30th at Bread Stretchers: Carly Beth, No Cash Value, Blushe, Jess Knight, Dexter

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Here we are with another Bread Stretchers show announcement for one taking place before the end of this month. This one is happening on Thursday, May 30th. It is for out of towners “Carly Beth” from nearby over in Champaign. Carly Beth features members of bands Nectar, La Louve, and many others that you all know and love. Sorry we don’t have any music for them. And, wait WHAT? We are just now seeing that this is supposedly No Cash Value’s final show. What the heck? Stream some No Cash Value on the player below. Also on this show is new-ish Springfield group Blushe. Opening things up looks like we have solo performances by both Jessica Knight and Dexter Anodyne.

All of this starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our Bread Stretchers shows page for a nice look at what is coming up there.

Downtown Open Streets This Saturday, The Complaint Line Playing Outside Dumb Records at 1:00 PM

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Hello now that we are nearing warmer nicer weather there is so much going on here in downtown Springfield and we can hardly keep up with it all! Last weekend was the downtown sidewalk sales and now this upcoming weekend is “Open Streets” this Saturday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. This means the streets are closed off in downtown for those hours (including Monroe right in front of our store) so that everyone can get out and play in the streets and go wild. There’s going to be like yoga and hopscotch and skateboarding and stuff. There’s a map of what streets are closed off too somewhere on this facebook event. Check out the Downtown Springfield Inc. website right here.

Anyways, WE over at Dumb Records are going to be participating in these “Open Streets” by having the alternative rock group The Complaint Line play right outside of our store in the opening to the alley right next to us at 1:00 pm.