This year we’ve sponsored the local collegiate baseball team, a ITPA tractor puller, and now a local youth soccer team. We sure do have a lot of sports going on around here for a record store.

Also this week Pepperoni turned 6. Look at all these treats his fans brought in!

New vinyl releases this Friday!

– COLDPLAY’s 2002 album “A Rush Of Blood To The Head” being re-issued on black vinyl!
– More of an official and non-surprise release for JACK WHITE’s new album “No Name” – just on plain black vinyl, we know we can get plenty of copies this time.
– The 10th anniversary edition of MAC DEMARCO’s hit album “Salad Days” complete with poster, booklet, and double LP hOloGraPHiC vinyl! OooOOOOOooo
– the 20th anniversary for butt rock band VELVET REVOLVER’s album “Contraband”
– SUKI WATERHOUSE “Memoirs Of A Sparklemuffin” on indie exclusive pearl colored vinyl.
– THE JESUS LIZARD have their first new studio album in 26 years called “Rack”!!! We should have plain and silver exclusive versions on vinyl!

This week Pepperoni picked Billie’s latest record

“Hello all and thank you to everyone who came into my store to wish me a happy birthday, gosh I am getting old. We’re long overdue for a Billie Eilish pick here at Pepperoni Pizza headquarters! I have not yet picked one of Billie’s albums and she is afterall the current #1 most streamed artist on Spotify??? (Is this true?). What better place to start than her most recent album “Hit Me Hard And Soft” which came out earlier this year. This version behind me is actually the sea blue indie exclusive version which seems to be long out of print most other places.”

Also be sure to check out our shows page as we have 3 shows in a row this week. The Torture show happening right now while I’m typing this, the Public Opinion show tomorrow night and the nice, calm, pleasant, and respectable Kate Laine show happening on Saturday.

No shows this week but we recently announced we’re hosting another vintage fest with Prison City Vintage on September 21. Seems people really get into that. Come get your 90s tweety bird sweater or something for your niece. Over 20 vendors will be setup in and around Dumb Records that day.

This Friday’s hot and fresh vinyls!

– DEFTONES with a compilation of B-Sides & Rarities! Originally released in 2005 featuring 14 tracks on two LPs.
– PHISH with the reissues of two of their albums, “Junta” (their debut album from 1989) and “Rift” (1993) both on colored vinyl
– DUMMY with “Free Energy” their follow up to 2021’s “Mandatory Enjoyment”, if you know the band/album you know that it’s good.

This week Pepperoni picked another Grateful Dead record I guess

“I don’t like the Grateful Dead… I try and I try. I hear this is their disco album, but I listened and I think there’s only one disco song on it. It doesn’t have any of the hits “Touch Of Grey”, “Cocaine” or “Ridin’ That Train” on it. This might have been a mistake of a pick and I am sorry. Grateful Dead fan’s out there, do you think this one is any good? Let me know in the comments. It is the sea blue vinyl variant at least.”

After much anticipation all year, Smashing Pumpkins played the Illinois State Fair. Way back when this was announced on April 1st, we thought it was an april fools prank as there’s no way a band that important and cool would be playing.

Billy Corgan spent time last week visiting museums and shops around downtown Springfield including this very record store! Unfortunately we didn’t get a picture as it turns out there is a member of our staff who couldn’t recognize him. I suppose that will be on all job applications from here on out. He did at least post a story on his feed of one of his records on our wall. Thank you Billy!

This Friday’s Hot Vinyl!
– SABRINA CARPENTER with her album “Short N Sweet” featuring hit songs “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” – we should have plenty of copies of the indie store exclusive variant (not 100% sure what color it is, but the one pictured for now is blue).
– two 30th anniversary albums out Friday, the first of which is for BUILT TO SPILL’s 1994 album “There Is Nothing Wrong With Love” on jade colored vinyl.
– The second 30th anniversary is for 311’s album GRASSROOTS on double LP clear / brown splatter vinyl.
– A new one from country artist LAINEY WILSON “Whirlwind” on double tan vinyl.
– A 20 year anniversary for Randy Rogers Band “Roller Coaster” on red smoke viny.
– RETURN OF Halloween Nuggets!

This week Pepperoni picked Love Supreme

“My pick this week – John Coltrane’s “A LOVE SUPREME” originally released by Impulse Records in 1965! It’s been a minute since I’ve had a hot jazz release and this one is crucial for all jazz collectors! This recording featured a quartet of Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones. Coltrane is tearin’ it up on the tenor saxophone throughout. This re-issue behind me is the Verve Acoustic Sound Series re-press on 180 gram vinyl! Pick it up at my store next time you are in!”

And there’s another hardcore this Saturday

We’re still waiting for lil Wayne to stop by today, but wanted congratulate our sponsored ITPA tractor puller Jesse Black on his 2nd place finish last night in the Classics division!

Here’s this Friday’s releases!
– A new album from POST MALONE, “1 Trillion” (is this his country album or something?) we will have it on indie exclusive green vinyl.
– PISSED JEANS with their hit album “King of Jeans” getting a re-issue treatment, this album goes hard the whole way.
– GEL, east coast hardcore MVP’s who played one of our biggest shows here last summer with their second album “Persona” on colored vinyl.
– CREED with a 25th anniversary pressing on marbled vinyl of “Human Clay” you all know you want it.
– Two Blue Note Tone Poet reissues we are highlighting – Wayne Shorter “Juju” and Lee Morgan “The Gigolo”.
– Father John Misty “Greatish Hits” on white with blue, green, and purple splatter viny..
– 90’s rock band THE MUFFS with their great self-titled album being reissued.
– Also not picture, but we will have the new Falling In Reverse album “Popular Monster”.

This week Pep picked Lauryn Hill

“Oh boy music fan’s, I’ve had this pick hiding up my paws for quite some time now – here is Lauryn Hill with “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”. Her debut solo album, this was released in 1998 just two years after her group The Fugees released their masterpiece album “The Score” (which is also a Pepperoni pick). Combining elements of R&B, hip hop, and soul, this album topped the Billboard charts and won several Grammy’s. Essential record to pair up with The Fugees “The Score” in your record collection.”

This Friday we have another hardcore show featuring Michigan loud bands Big Deal and Suffer No Fools along with local bands Fatal Dose, Martyr, and Extort

Starting this week it’s 1999 and Star Wars Episode 1 has just hit theatres!

We’ve got this big show happening Saturday. All tickets have been sold but you can still line up at the door and maybe get a ticket from a punk who doesn’t know how to use a calendar.

Here are this Friday’s releases!
– some band called SMASHING THE PUMPKINS that I have never heard of have their greatest hits “Rotten Apples” out on vinyl for the first time or something.
– KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD with their 26th studio album “Flight B741” out on black vinyl as far as we can tell.
– PANSY DIVISION with their 1993 album “Undressed” re-issued and re-mastered – it might be purple but no promises.
– OSEES with their 29th (!?!? more albums than King Gizzard??) studio album “Sorcs 80” (pretty sure we just are getting black)
– DESTROY BOYS, this is only the band’s fourth album “Funeral Soundtrack” on transparent red vinyl.
– CONWAY THE MACHINE with the double black LP “Slant Face Killah”

This week Pepperoni picked the other Twilight record

“Yeah, yeah I might as well pick the other TWILIGHT soundtrack. This Soundtrack IS better than the other movies – it’s got Death Cab For Cutie, the best St. Vincent song, OK Go, Grizzly Bear, The Killers, and more. I’m not sure if it ranks as my favorite Twilight movie though – in this one Bella turns 18 and she gets a paper cut (which draws blood so uh-oh) her vampire family then tries to attack her, but Edward runs away to Italy. Oh yeah, Jacob turns into a wolf man for the first time so that part is kind of cool.”

Oh did you know that we’re taking preorders with anyone in person in the store for this deluxe version of Chappell Roan’s album that comes out on Sept 20th?

It seems our elephant has gone viral a bit lately. We finally got stocked up with the brat record and wanted to participate in the fun. I guess people really dig it or something.

This Friday we have another big loud hardcore show featuring Doubt from Maryland, Lead Spirit from Florida, Rest Assured from Indiana and locals Shroud, Carnal, and Meta-stasis

This Week’s Friday Releases!
– The third album by South African country singer-songwriter ORVILLE PECK – “Stampede” is coming! Available on a few different colorways, I think one is a creamy color and another pink, maybe a green.
– Re-issue of QUIET RIOT’s 1983 album “Metal Health,” come on feel the noise!
– California based Punk rock band X with their FINAL STUDIO ALBUM “Smoke & Fiction” available on a few different colorways (did you know John Doe in this band was born in Decatur)
– 10th anniversary of DIRTY HEADS “Home… Phantoms of Summer… Acoustic…” or something.
– X-RAY SPEX: “Live At The Roxy Club” in 1977! I have no idea if this is colored vinyl or what.

This week Pepperoni chose brat

“Bumpin’ that”

We just installed fans to keep all you weirdos and baddies cool at shows.

This Friday’s new releases!
– GRATEFUL DEAD reissues of 2 of their studio albums “Shakedown Street” and “Go To Heaven” both on sea blue vinyl. After this we are done listening to the Grateful Dead in the store because me and Jeff are sick of it!
– LINKIN PARK with a white/gold/red splattery pressing of their 2003 hit album “Meteora” and also a colored vinyl 10 year anniversary pressing of “The Hunting Party”
– MARIAH CAREY with the double LP greatest hits compilation “#1’s” on silver vinyl with some bonus tracks!
– 1990 Industrial album from SKINNY PUPPY “Too Dark Park” getting a 140 gram black vinyl re-issue.
– And TALKING HEADS with a repress of the “Stop Making Sense” deluxe double LP vinyl that we had a hard time getting ahold of last year around the time “Stop Making Sense” was playing in theaters.

Pepperoni picked the Vampire Weekend Contra album this week

“This week, I pick… Vampire Weekend’s second studio album released in 2010, “Contra”. It’s more of that feel good indie pop music that blends plenty of other genres. Favorite track for me would have to be “Holiday” (I am telling you, it’s a really good ska song). Also hey, their new album that came out this year is also really good and we should have a few copies in stock still?”

Tonight we have a hardcore show featuring Spit My Rage and Grimoire from Texas, and locals Fatal Dose, Reject Modernity, and Change of Heart

Also this Saturday is our next Drag Show!

So far the Smashing Pumpkins haven’t given us tickets to their show despite us selling their albums all the time. But do feel free to hang out with us for the free performance of Marshall Tucker Band at the State Fair on August 13th!

Tonight! we have a show featuring Chicago CYBERGRIND band Blind Equation, also Houston CYBERGRIND CPU Buddha, twin cities straight-edge band Bejalvin, and local hardcore bands Subversion and Bruxism

Here are the Friday Releases!
– GLASS ANIMALS with their 4th studio album “I Love You So F***ing Much” – note: we mostly just got the black vinyl version of this one because the indie exclusive variant was considerably more expensive!
– TYPE O NEGATIVE with the 30th anniversary of “Bloody Kisses” with alternative artwork!
– HOZIER with a deluxe, double-vinyl, special color variant version of their album “Wasteland, Baby!”
– SLEEP TOKEN re-pressing of “Take Me Back To Eden” on a couple of different splatter variants, one of them being gold with black splatter. everyone asks about this one.
– VINCE STAPLES the sixth studio album by American rap artist on black vinyl… hey haven’t enough artists aready done a plain black album cover??

This week Pepperoni picked N.W.A.

“This week I’m picking an all-out hip hop CLASSIC, and that is N.W.A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” from 1988. In this all-star group we’ve got members Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Arabian Prince and Ice Cube. This album was huge for rap music in a direction towards “gangsta rap”, and they even made a movie about it a few years ago.”

We also got some shiny new stickers recently!