Today we bring you a brand new song and “dance video” from Øttø San for the song “Starter Gang Freestyle.” The video is shot and edited by Elijah Settles, and you can check it out on the player embedded below or on youtube right here.
Øttø San also released a video for “Origin” shot by Elijah Settles earlier this year. Check out more local music videos over on our vids / pics page.
Ouch, this one is real late for a show getting announced. It is our FIRST show happening in the year 2020, on Sunday, January 5th! This one features a stacked lineup, two touring bands from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. One of those includes Judy & The Jerks – who played at Dumb Fest 5 in 2017 for any of you that can remember back that far. Stream Judy & The Jerks’ newest release on the player below. They will be on tour with a project called “Bigg Band” which we have been told is actually a really big band. Oh, and also we should mention that we have Springfield fast hardcore band Black Box on the bill. Also on the bill is a brand new St. Louis band featuring members of Mala Leche and Lumpy & The Dumpers called “Fornicators.” Opening things up is the second show ever for new Springfield band “Oh Gosh.”
This all starts at 7:00 pm and door admission is $6.99, maybe a new door standard for the future? We will see. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And be sure to check out our shows page to see what else is coming up at Dumb Records in the year 2020.
Maybe we are way late on posting this, but here it is. Way back in May NPR Illinois put on a special “Public Radio Week” at different locations downtown. Part of this included a “Tiny Desk Concert Series” show at Anvil & Forge on Washington Street. Bands that play included Kate The Band (pictured above), Looming, Jeff Williams, and Dexter Anodyne. We’ve got the video from Looming’s set on the player embedded below.
To see videos of all four sets, head on over to the NPR Illinois site right here.
Now that Christmas is OVER, and DONE, it’s time for us to get back full swing into bringing you that hot, new, local music news. There has been a lot coming out this last month or so so we have a lot of catching up to do. What’s this? It looks like solo artist Ricki Marvel has released a new track this month off of an upcoming album that will be released at the start of 2020. The song is called “Lanes” and you can find it streaming on the player below. Also find it on bandcamp where you can purchase the download of the song.
The full album will be called The Prisoner and according to facebook will be out on January 10th, 2020. Ricki Marvel released What A Disappointment EP back in 2017.
After a good few hours of uploading things and trying to figure out how to get youtube and internets and technology and big files to work these past couple of days, we have finally done it. And just in time for Christmas. We are proud to present…. A Dumb Records Christmas Special! A little over one hour original film put together by the Dumb Records old man or something. Check out the entire film streaming on the player below, or on youtube right here.
We’ll be back with our regular programing tomorrow.
Wow, we did it! Thanks to all who voted for Springfield once again this year to receive a second Levitt Amp Music Grant! Winners were just announced this past Friday, which includes 20 cities selected by a panel based on crowd voting in Levitt’s ongoing poll. This means that once again, there will be 10 free concerts happening out on the Y-Block downtown right by the governor’s mansion, and near our downtown location featuring diverse lineups of national acts featuring different genres throughout the summer. The dates have yet to be officially announced, but it is looking likely to be from the end of May through the end of July that concerts take place.
This time around Levitt AMP Springfield is opening their email up to taking suggestions on national acts that you want to see play the Levitt stage!! That’s right, you can email levittamp@downtownspringfield.org with your suggestions. Also be sure to follow Levitt AMP Springfield on facebook
This past summer’s bands included The Skatalites from Jamaica, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band from New Orleans, John Moreland from Oklahoma, and more.
We hope you are excited for this really dumb thing we have lined up at our store tonight. Tonight… is the exclusive premier of our very own Dumb Records Christmas Special DVD! Put together by the old man himself, this is over an hour-long movie of all of the weird and dumb commercials and content taken from throughout the year, a lot of which is on the “dumbrecs_official” instagram account who we don’t know is behind. This does contain some real crude humor, so viewer discretion is advised.
Come on out at 7:00 pm and we will be showing the film soon after. You can find a facebook event for the showing right here. It is free. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Dumb Records here in the near future.
Wow, we are so late on announcing this very exciting news to you all! Okay NOW after this we are done with our show announcements for the year!! This morning we are happy to announce that for the first time ever we are going to be an official venue for a First Night Springfield event. This is the 33rd annual “First Night,” which takes place throughout downtown and is organized by the Springfield Area Arts Council.
We got to pick the bands / artists performing, and we are very happy with this lineup to bring in a new year and new decade with. At the top of the bill is Bottom Bracket, you all know and love. The out-of-towners on this bill are Parachute Day, who are actually cousins of Bottom Bracket because they share a member now. Stream their music on the player below. We also have Emily Hough, the young singer-songwriter from Petersburg who has put out two outstanding EPs this year on the lineup. Before that is the second ever performance at our space for Greenhouse Opera, the new full band featuring Dexter Anodyne. Opening things up we have Andy Krisak – you might remember Andy as being the guy who proposed in our store earlier this fall!
All of this starts on New Year’s Eve (December 31st) in our store at 7:00 pm. There will be fireworks right outside at 8:00 pm, so we will take an intermission after the first or second act. For admission, you can either purchase wristbands for all of First Night through the Arts Council, or if you are attending just our show it is $5 at the door. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a list of shows coming up in the new year that we are slowly building.
This is definitely a time of the year where there is a LOT going on that we can hardly keep up with. Our Best Of Springfield Music 2019 annual poll has wrapped up on voting, and we are to the point now where we are scrambling searching for people to assist with short write-ups for each of the finalists for the categories of best albums/releases, songs, and shows that came out of Springfield during this past year. This year we are once again teaming up with Activator Magazine to have this as their January issue. We are aiming for write-ups for the top ten songs, top ten shows, and top twenty releases.
If you are interested in doing a write-up, we can have you chose from a list of finalists to take on, and we are only looking for a short paragraph!! We do need these quick though, like within the next two days!! If you are interested in doing a write-up, which will be featured on our site and also in Activator Magazine, reach out to us at dumbrecs@gmail.com and we will send you a list of finalists we need write-ups for!
It’s Wednesday, right smack dab in the middle of the week, and we are coming to you with a fresh list of stuff that’s been hitting the shelves in our store. This includes some new new records, some new used records, 12″ singles, and new new CDs. And there’s probably other stuff too. This week there aren’t really any shows – but we are showing our Dumb Records Christmas Special DVD this upcoming Sunday evening. Be ready for that. Let’s take a peak at the schedule for this week and then dive into what’s new. Oh, and we’ll probably be closed Christmas Eve and probably definitely on Christmas Day.
Wednesday (today): 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 (Christmas Special): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday (Christmas Eve): (Open whenever we feel like it)
Wednesday (Christmas): (Closed)
New LPs
Andrew W.K. – You’re Not Alone
Anthrax – State Of Euphoria
Grateful Dead – Aoxomoxa
Lana Del Rey – Paradise
Noah Gundersen – Lover
Prince – 1999
Used LPs
Allen Toussaint – Motion
The Ames Brothers – Hello Amigos
Bed Sidran – Don’t Let Go
Billy Cobham – The Best of Billy Cobham
Billy “Crash” Craddock – Rub It In
Billy Paul – Ebody Woman
Billy Paul – Going East
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Greatest Hits
The Candymen – The Twist
Carman – Some-O-Dat
Chet Atkins – This Is Chet
Connie Eaton & Dave Peel – Hit The Road Jack
Dave Dudley – Dave Dudley’s Greatest Hits
Duke Ellington / Count Basie – First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
Duke Ellington – In A Mellotone
Ferlin Husky – The Best of Ferlin Husky
The Girlwatchers – Music To Watch Girls By
Herman’s Hermits – Introducing Herman’s Hermits
The Hollyridge Strings – The Nat King Cole Song Book
James Blood Ulmer – America: Do You Remember The Love
Jeff Beck – Beck-Ola
Jerry Vale – Have You Looked Into Your Heart
Jimmy Durante – September Song
Jimmy Page – Special Early Works
John Denver & The Muppets – A Christmas Together
John Entwistle – Smash Your Head Against The Wall
Josh White – The Story Of John Henry
Les & Larry Elgart – Warm And Sensuous
Leslie Uggams – Leslie Uggams
Little Richard – The Best of Little Richard
Memphis Slim – Three Women Blues
Merle Evans And His Circus Band – Circus In Town
Patrick Juvet – Got A Feeling
Passport – Sky Blue
The Pixies Three – Party With The Pixies Three
Poco – Poco
The “Original” Ink Spots – Golden Favorites
The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup
The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request
Rudolph Statler Orchestra – All Time Christmas Favorites
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Spirituals In Rhythm
Sly & The Family Stone – Back On The Right Track
Smokey Robinson – One Heartbeat
Tracy Ullman – You Broke My Heart In 17 Places
Various – Banjo In The Hills
Various – Motown Original Versions
Wailers – Wailers Wailers Everywhere
Walt Disney – The Jungle Book
The Who – Historia De La Musica Rock
The Yardbirds – Little Games
Yes – Big Generator
12” Singles
Ice Cube – Really Doe / My Skin Is My Sin
Kelly Charles – You’re No Good For Me
Newcleus – Jam On It
New CDs
Aaron Neville – The Grand Tour
Al Green – Call Me
Al Green – More Great Hits
Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits Vol. II
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Volume 3
Bob Seger – Face The Promise
Cameo – The Best Of Cameo
Chuck Berry – The Best Of: Millennium Collection
Dan Fogelberg – Greatest Hits
Darren Emerson – Global Underground Uruguay
Dave Matthews Band – Busted Stuff
Dave Matthews Band – Under The Table And Dreaming
Dave Matthews Band – Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95
Dexter Gordon – Daddy Plays The Horn
DJ Cam – The Beat Assassinated
DJ Cam – The French Connection
Enigma 2 – The Cross of Changes
Ethnotechno – Sonic Anthropology Volume I
Ferry Corsten / Judge Jules – Judgement Sundays
Ginuwine – The Bachelor
Grover Washington, Jr – Inner City Blues
Grover Washington, Jr. – Next Exit
James Brown – The Greatest Hits Of The Fourth Decade
James Brown – There It Is
James Brown – The Next Step
John Denver – Rocky Mountain High
Kruder & Dorfmeister – DJ-Kicks
Kruder Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions
The O’Jays – Best Of The O’Jays 1976-1991
Landslide – Dum And Bossa
Leftfield – Leftism
Leftfield – Rhythm and Stealth
Lester Young – Jazz Masters 30
Pete Seeger – American Favorite Ballads
Pete Seeger – The Essential Pete Seeger
Praga Khan – Mixed Up
Ritchie Valens – Come On, Let’s Go!
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – You’re Gonna Get It
Various – Café Electronica
Various – Kickin’ Mental Detergent
Weather Report – Sweetnighter
Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’
