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November 13th at Dumb Records: Attic Salt, Tina Sparkle, Starter Jackets, Oatmilk

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Good morning! Happy Monday. We are here to announce another show. We might be slightly behind on getting some show announcements up. This one we are announcing today is happening on Saturday, November 13th! Mark your calendars, and get your fall jackets ready. For this show we have Attic Salt from right here in Springfield – the power pop-punk group who released your favorite album, Get Wise last year in 2020. We also have Tina Sparkle coming from Peoria, Illinois – their first time ever playing Springfield as far as we know! This group has been around the area for a long time, and you can stream their newest album Southern Hospitality on the player below. Also on the gig we got Starter Jackets – making their big return on this side of the pandemic. Opening things up is a newer project from Decatur, Illinois called Oatmilk! Let’s go ahead and give them all one big round of applause.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where we have a list of what we’ve got announced and coming up!

Bad Man: “Oh No Bad Man Demo”

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Good morning! Today we are bringing you a brand new demo from a new Springfield project we know nothing about! Gee, we don’t know anything about this at all! It is one big mystery! The project is called “Bad Man” and you can stream the demo “Oh No Bad Man!” on the player embedded below. Is it a full band? A solo project who knows!

We do know that Bad Man is playing its first show in just eight days on Saturday, October 9th here at Dumb Records along with The Antibuddies, Oleander Grey, and Gargantuan. Check out a facebook event for that show here. Also check out our Springfield Album Archive Page where we have been doing a very bad job of keeping up with local releases for this year.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Sidestep, Stick People, Black Box

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It’s a Thursday, and we will be hosting a nice three-band show inside of our venue tonight! This one features some rock music that will be a little bit of something for everybody. It should be a nice time! Tonight we’ve got the group Sidestep coming from Louisville, Kentucky! You can stream some of Sidestep’s new music on the player below. There are also a couple of local heavy-hitting greats that have not performed here since before the pandemic, however long ago that was now. That includes Taylorville 90’s sounding alternative rock group Stick People, and also very fast and outta-control hardcore band from right here in Springfield, Black Box.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is just $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for another look at what’s coming up in this new era!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Good morning! And good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, and we have another long list of new arrivals that have recently hit the shelves at our record store here at 418 E. Monroe Street downtown. This time around we just have new and used LPs – however, we are constantly putting out more CDs and cassettes nowadays too. This list doesn’t even include re-stocks for the vinyl records either. We just got a lotta stuff, okay? This week there is a show on Thursday, so we’ll be open later for that as well. Okay here is the list of what’s new:

New LPs
Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds
Alkaline Trio – Goddamnit
Bad Moves – Tell No One
Billy Idol – The Roadside EP
Blue Stingrays – Surf-N-Burn
Bob’s Burgers Music Album Vol. 2
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Rastaman Vibration
Children Of Bodom – Tokyo Warhearts
Connie Smith – The Cry Of The Heart
Coven – Witchcraft
David Ferguson – Nashville No More
Death Angel – Fall From Grace
Elliot Smith – Kill Rock Stars
Elvis Perkins – Creation Myths
Guided By Voices – Isolation Drills
High On Fire – The Art Of Self Defense
James McMurty – The Horses And The Hounds
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
Lush – Ciao! Best Of Lush
Pelican – Nighttime Stories
Phish – Big Boat
Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother
Public Service Broadcasting – Bright Magic
Pylon – Gyrate
Richard Spaven – Spaven X Sandunes
Skatune Network – Burn The Billboard
Skip James – Worried Blues
Stella Chiweshe – Ambuya!
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine – A Beginner’s Mind
Toro Y Moi – Live From Trona

Used LPs
Alas Chapinas – Marimba
Alexander Goodrich – Christmas Organ And Chimes
Animotion – Strange Behavior
Arc Angel – ArcAngel
Benny Goodman – Live At Carnegie Hall
Billy Vaughn – Sail Along Silv’ry Moon
Bohemia – Deviations
Charley Pride – The Best of Charley Pride Vol. II
Charley Pride – Amazing Love
Charlie Mingus – Charlie Mingus
Charlie Rich – There Won’t Be Anymore
Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Cowboy Copas – Signed, Sealed & Delivered
El DeBarge – El DeBarge
El Gran Trio – Tarjeta De Navidad
Evie – Come On, Ring Those Bells
Eydie Gorme & The Trio Los Pancho – Amor: Great Love Songs In Spanish
David Ingles – Oasis Of Love
The Doors – Classics
Duke Ellington – The World Of Duke Ellington
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – Lock, The Fox
The English Band – What You Need
Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra’s Greatest Hits
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome
George Jones – I Made Leaving (Easy For You)
George Morgan – Red Rose From The Blue Side Of Town
Gerry Mulligan – Concert Days
Ginger Baker – Eleven Sides Of Baker
The Goodmans – Chosen
Graham Parker – The Real Macaw
Greg Jowaisas – Daddy, Sing Me A Song!
Herbie Hancock – Sound-System
Ike Quebec – Heavy Soul
The James Sweeting Trio – Little Nassau
Jimmy Smith – Bluesmith
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts – Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth
Joe Kelly’s Four + One – The Gaslight Presents
Joe Williams – Me And The Blues
John McCormack – Antique
Johnny Maddox – Crazy Otto
Johnny Ray – Mr. Cry
Johnny Rodriguez – The Greatest Hits Of
Jose Mojica – Le Canta A Mexico
Julie London – Sings Soft & Sweet
Junior Mance – I Believe To My Soul
Kris Kristofferson – Border Lord
Lefty Frizzell – ABC Collection
Living Trio – Heart Of My Heart
Lo Mejor En – Valses Peruanos
Los Andinos – Parranda Con Los Andinos
Los Kenton – Los Kenton
Luis Gonzalez – Musica Tipica Navidena
The Marshall Tucker Band – Where We All Belong
Missouri – Welcome Two Missouri
Mongo Santamaria – La Bamba
Montrose – Montrose
Nick Gilder – Frequency
Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble – A Salute To Jazz Education
Odilio Gonzalez – Y La Navidad
Pat Travers – Radio Active
Paul Anka – Paul Anka Gold
Paul Williams – Just An Old Fashioned Love Song
Pater And Gordon – Sing And PLay The Hits Of Nashville
Premiata Forneria Marconi – The World Became The World
The Premiers – Farmer John Live
Procol Harum – Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Raiders – Collage
RATT – Dancing Undercover
Ray Charles – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
Ray Charles Singers – One Of Those Songs
Ronnie McDowell – Greatest Hits
The Rumor – Purity Of Essence
Sandler & Young – Happy Holidays
Sanford And Townsend – Smoke From A Distant Fire
Sonny Stitt – The Genius Of Sonny Stitt
Spooky Tooth – The Last Puff
The Strawberry Street Singers – You Can’t Have Too Much Of A Good Good Thing
Starcastle – Starcastle
Stonebolt – Keep It Alive
Stonewall Jackson – Thoughts Of A Lonely Man
Strawbs – Hero And Heroine
Trapeze – Trapeze
Ted Nugent – Intensities In 10 Cities
Trio Los Panchos – Hits!
Van Morrison – Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart
Various – Arthur The Album
Various – The Country Side Of Christmas
Various – Christmas Time
Various – The Influence Of Fie
Various – Original Early Top 40 Hits
Various – Venezuela Canta Y Baila
The Vogues – The Vogues Greatest Hits
Zoot Sims / Bucky Pizzarelli – Nirvana

September Issue of Activator Magazine Available Now

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Hey-o, it’s a little late in the game (September is already well over halfway done, and was yesterday the first day of fall?), but this is a post letting you know that we have the new issue of Activator Magazine here at our store! And plenty of copies of it still!

As you can see, this issue features hit Springfield hardcore band Prevention on the cover. Hey, that photo was even taken inside of our space! There is the usual album reviews, and Activator’s “Best Bets” which is a calendar for show and concert highlights for this month you should check out. There is also an interview with performer local performer Taylor Moni, an interview with Central Illinois metal band Blind Equation, an interview with solo Peoria musician Emily Antonacci, an interview with local jazz musician Richard Gilman-Opalski, an interview with Chris Bayless – musician from Peoria who started a new venue called “The Hotbox”, a photospread of the “Artists In Harmony” event that was held at Anvil & Forge Brewing, our own “Dumb Perspective” column which this time around focuses on our experience starting up shows again during the pandemic and requiring proof of vaccine at shows, an interview with Mt. Vernon-based musician Tom Doherty, a nice “Soundcheck” section featuring small update snippets with other local artists and musicians, a photo spread of the Old Capitol Blues & BBQ Festival, and another live music calendar!! Sorry, that was a lot. Woo!

Be sure to also check out the Activator Magazine Patreon and consider donating for other exclusive bonus monthly content!!!

“The List” Announced For Black Friday Record Store Day 2021 (November 26th)

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For the third time this year, it’s that time of year again. That’s right, we’ve already got another Record Store Day approaching. This one should not come as much of a surprise though because Black Friday Record Store Day happens the day after Thanksgiving every year. And here we are, around two months away from that date, which this year is Friday, November 26th.

148 exclusive titles were just recently announced on the Record Store Day website right here to be released this year on Black Friday. (Click the link right here to see that list). And if there are titles that are jumping out at you as ones you are really wanting, let us know in the comment section which ones you are trying to get! We will be ordering at least one of every title, but we base our orders on what you (the fans) are going to be on the look-out for.

This go-round we will likely once again be releasing some type of limited edition Dumb Records t-shirt for the first people in line, exclusive posters, and we will see what else! You can expect a more detailed announcement from us on all of those goodies here in the coming weeks.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Another week has come here at our dumb little record store. We are dealing with some broken AC issues right now… but don’t worry because if we don’t get that figured out today at least the weather is colder. And as one AC unit breaks another is fixed… you may notice our arcade is a little bit cooler than usual! (By just a tad). Our store and arcade is open from 10:00am to 7:00pm every day. Check out our online discogs store here and our online merch store here. Okay, now for some of what’s new in this week:

New LPs
Andrew W.K. – God Is Partying
Asschapel – Total Destruction 1999-2006
Bl’ast – Blood!
Black Francis – Sv n f ng rs
Bobby Bland – Here’s The Man!!!
Carcass – Torn Arteries
Coven – Blood On The Snow
Electric Funeral – Total Funeral
The Flesh Eaters – I Used To Be Pretty
GWAR – Scumdogs xxx Live!
John Prine – Bruised Orange
John Prine – For Better, Or Worse
Like Rats – II
Lump – Animal
Metallica – (Black Album) Box Set
Obliterations – Poison Everything
Pelican – Ataraxia / Taraxis
Pelican – The Clif
The Prodigy – Music For The Jilted Generation
Sect – No Cure For Death
Shabazz Palaces – Quarzarz Us The Jealous Maenines
Sleep – Dopesmoker
Sunn O))) – Live In Bergen Cathedral
Torch Runner – Endless Nothing
Trap Them – Filth Rations
Twenty One Pilots – Vessel
Vitamin X – Age Of Paranoia
YDI – A Place In The Sun

Used LPs
The Accelerators – The Accelerators
Artimus Pyle Band – A.P.B.
Barbara Streisand – Emotion
Barney Bigard – Clarinet Gumbo
Bob James Three – Guest: Grover Washington, Jr.
Canned Heat – Boogie With Canned Heat
Cher – Take Me Home
The Clique – The Clique
Count Basie – Li’l Ol’ Groovemaker …Basie!
The Crusaders – Those Southern Knights
David Frizzell – David Frizzell
Dead Or Alive – Sophisticated Boom Boom
Deep Purple – The Best of Deep Purple
Dennis DeYoung – Boomchild
Eddie Murphy – Comedian
Elvis Presley – The Greatest Show On Earth
The Fabulous Conti Family – Sounds Of America
Don Byas – Savoy Jam Party
Donovan – Open Road
Doris Day – Sentimental Journey
Duke Ellington – 70th Birthday Concert
Duke Ellington – Concert In The Virgin Islands
Dukes Of Dixieland – Creole Gumbow
Fabulous Poodles – Mirror Stars
Gary Lewis & The Playboys – Rhythm!
Geils – Monkey Island
Gene Watson – Between This Time & The Next Time
Glass Moon – Glass Moon
Hank Snow – The Highest Bidder
Herbie Mann – Mellow
Jeri Southern – Southern Hospitality
Joe Farrell – Night Dancing
John Denver – Autograph
John Denver – Take Me To Tomorrow
Johnny Lee – Bet Your Heart On Me
Johnny Van Zandt Band – No More Dirty Deals
Julie London – Gone With The Wind
Kenny Ball – Midnight In Moscow
Led Zeppelin – Coda
Louis Armstrong – King Louis (Selected Favorites)
Louis Armstrong – Satchmo At Symphony Hall
Mike Rutherford – Smallcreep’s Day
Moon Martin – Street Fever
Motorhead – Iron Fist
Motorhead – No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith
Motorhead – Orgasmatron
New York Dolls – In Too Much Too Soon
The Ohio Express – Beg, Borrow And Steel
Pat Boone – Sixteen Great Performances
Paulette Reaves – Secret Lover
Pearl Bailey – Sings Porgy & Bess
Poco – Crazy Eyes
Pousette-Dart Band – Pousette-Dart Band
Pure Prairie League – Dance
The Ramsey Lewis Trio – More Sounds of Christmas
Robert Goulet – I Never Did As I Was Told
Roy Acuff – American Folk Songs
Rusty Draper – Sings Night Life
Saga – Heads Or Tales
Sarah Vaughan – Close To You
Schneider With The Kick – Exposed
Sherbet – Howzat
Spider – Spider
States – Picture Me With You
Steve Wariner – Life’s Highway
Straight Eight – Shuffle ’N’ Cut
The Sweet – Featuring “Little Willy” & “Blockbuster”
Suzi Quatro – Quatro
Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass Of Home
The Trammps – The Whole World’s Dancing
Ultravox – Rage In Eden
The Unseen – Left That World Behind
Various – Cahoots County
Various – On This Christmas Night
The Ventures – Ventures A Go Go
Village People – Live And Sleazy
Webb Pierce – Cross Country
What Is This – Squeezed

Illinois Times’ Best Of Springfield 2021 Finalist Voting (Now Through September 27th)

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We are excited for this finalist round in the annual Illinois Times’s “Best Of Springfield 2021” poll. As far as we can tell, we have made it on to finalists in FOUR different categories as Dumb Records and those are as follows:

  • BEST MUSIC STORE
  • BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE (SMALL)
  • BEST PLACE TO GO DOWNTOWN
  • BEST ANTIQUE / VINTAGE STORE

Okay, all of those things sound great! Don’t vote for us for best vintage / antique shop though, you should vote for Springfield Vintage around the corner for us! 😂 Really, vote for whoever you want to in all of those categories, and all of your other favorite local businesses and people in all of the other categories as well.

Voting is online right here at the Illinois Times website from now up until 11:59pm on September 27th one week from now. The winners will be published in the October 28th issue of the Illinois Times.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Grey Slush, The Telephone Junkies, Hushpad

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Yes. There IS a show happening at Dumb Records tonight! It’s a three-band show! The bands are more in the alternative and indie-rock directions! Maybe even some shoegaze music! For this show we have “Grey Slush” – Grey Slush is an indie rock group from Peoria Illinois! You can stream their debut EP on the player embedded below. For this show we also have the return of The Telephone Junkies! Telephone Junkies put out an album last year and it’s great. Looks like opening things up we have the Lincoln, Illinois-based shoegaze project Hushpad. What an all around nice time.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also check our shows page on our site for a list of all three shows we have lined up right now.

And for this show following suite with health guidelines, state mandates, and all of that fun stuff – masks are required at this show and we are once again checking for proof of vaccine at the door! We will also accept negative covid test results within the last 72 hours.

October 28th at Dumb Records: Jack M. Senff, Nephele, Oatmilk, Emily Hough

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Those October show announcements are starting to roll in! Here we have one to tell you about happening on Thursday, October 28th. It’s a nice and “chill” show. It should be a good one.

For this show we have singer/songwriter Jack M. Senff from Traverse City, Michigan! Jack has had records released through our friends over at Skeletal Lightning based out of Urbana, Illinois. He’s also performed once before here in town at the CFP house! You can stream his newest collection of songs which came out earlier this year on the player below. Looks like this time around Jack will be coming with another act called “Nephele” from Minneapolis, Minnesota! We also have the first time Dumb Records performance for a solo Decatur act called “Oatmilk!” Yum! Opening things up is none other than Emily Hough – who had performed a few times at our space, but moved to California! Is she back in town??

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find everything else we have announced and lined up at Dumb Records right now.