In case you have not heard, Dumb Records is the place to be. Especially on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The new South Town record store located at 1107 South Grand East won’t let you down. There are new items coming into the store every week. Below is a list highlighting some of those items this week. Let’s also take a look at when Dumb Records is going to be open this week:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

New LPs
The Front Bottoms – The Front Bottoms
Green Day – Nimrod
Misfits – Walk Among Us
Portugal. The Man – Church Mouth
Sigor Ros – Kveikur

CDs
Night/Hex – Night/Hex

Cassettes
Dad Jr. – Dad Side Of The Moon
Foxtail – Foxtail
I’m Dead Inside – Rather Be Judged By 12 Than Carried By 6
King Worm – No Future City
Knives – In From The Stills
Night/Hex – Night/Hex
Various – Summer Of Fuzz

With Black Sheep Fest 2014 this upcoming weekend, South Town record store Dumb Records is taking things to another level with a few store changes. Aside from our usual weekly new arrivals list, today we bring news that Dumb Records will now be selling “dumb sticks” and guitar picks. Now all of you beautiful musicians don’t have to go any further than South Town to find your small musical needs. The second new and exciting thing pictured above is the new Park 10″ from Bad Timing Records. This is the first new release from Springfield indie/emo band Park since 2006 and we are very excited for it to be out on the shelves of Dumb Records starting today. The release is a one-sided clear 10″ with screen printed vinyl on one side and also comes with a booklet containing the intro to a novel being written by Ladd Mitchell of Park for the band’s upcoming full-length album. All of that is some exciting stuff, now let’s run over the hours for Dumb Records and our new arrivals in this week:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday (Black Sheep Fest): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Andrew Jackson Jihad – Candy Cigarettes Capguns Issue Problems And Such
Converge – No Heroes
Deafhaven – Sunbather
Demonbrother – Beyond The Veil
Gas Chamber – Hemorrhaging Light
Hatred Surge – Human Overdose
Iron Lung – White Glove Test
Jello Biafra with The Melvins – Sieg Howdy
Kim Phuc – Copsucker
Knuckle Puck – The Weight That You Buried
The Lowest Form – Negative Ecstasy
Mansions – New Best Friends
Merchandise – Totale Nite
No Statik – Unity And Fragmentation
Society Nurse – LP
Total Control – Henge Beat
True Radical Miracle – Termites
Valencia – We All Need A Reason To Believe
Walls – The Future Is Wide Open

New 10”s
Park – Jacob The Rabbit

New 7”s
Black Hole – Ledges
Bored Straight – Tinnitus E.P.
Bored Straight – EP
Dead Boomers – Arak
Dïat – Everyday
Nordic Waste / Bored Straight / Holy Shit! – Split 

Used 7”s
John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John – Grease

Cassettes
Blackhole – Deeper
Corkscrew – Slater No More
Foreign Lawns – Demo
I Was Afraid – No Love
Lifer/Raw Head – Demo
New Heart – Demo
Stick Tight – Promo Tape 2013

This week we have plenty of new goodies in at Dumb Records that you should all check out. This week the list includes new and used LPs, 7″s, cassettes, and CDs. A good chunk of that comes from Iron Lung Records based out of Seattle. Did you know that Iron Lung the band is coming to Black Sheep in August? You can check out that list of stuff below. Let’s run over the store hours for Dumb Records this week real quick:

Tuesday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

New 12”
Dead Language – LP
Demonbrother – Beyond The Veil
Hatred Surge – Human Overdose
Iron Lung – White Glove Test
Gas Chamber – Hemorrhaging Light
Kim Phuc – Copsucker
The Lowest Form – Negative Ecstasy
No Statik – Unity and Fragmentation
Society Nurse – LP
Total Control – Henge Beat
True Radical Miracle – Termites
Walls – The Future Is Wide Open
Weed – Deserve

Used 12”
Andre Previn – Give My Regards To Broadway
Auita Bryant – Love Lifted Me
Brothers Four – The Brothers Four
Erroll Garner – The One And Only Erroll Garner And His Trio
Hill Bowen And His Orchestra – Lerner & Loewe’s Gigi
Marty Robbins – Best Loved Hits
Marty Robbins – Golden Memories
Method Man – What’s Happening Featuring Busta Rhymes Single
Peter Nero – The Best of Peter Nero
Rodgers and Hammerstein – Oklahoma@
Various – Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture 8 Mile
Various – Music Inspired By Scarface
Various – Motown’s Prefferred Stock
Various – The Headliners
Various – The First Family
Various – Country Greats

7”s
Black Hole – Ledges
Dead Boomers – Arak
Dïat – Everyday
Flesh World – A Line In Wet Grass
GAG – Locker Room

CDs
Adam Balbo – 9 Outta 9 w/Beats
Adam Balbo – FIX
Adam Balbo – Big Kid Now
Display Case – Make Your Mark

Cassettes
Blackhole – Deeper
Corkscrew – Slater No More
I Was Afraid – No Love
New Heart – Demo
Stick Tight – Promo Tape 2013
Lifer / Raw Head – Bad News

Dumb Records has been going non-stop at lightning speed this summer and the new record store as not been missing a single week at having something new in store. This week features a lot of used records including some jazz gems (pictured above). Did you know you can always take in used records, CDs, cassettes, or band shirts into Dumb? They will also be willing to trade store credit in for your used items! It’s a win-win-win! You can check out the complete list of new arrivals below. Let’s also run over Dumb Record’s store hours this week:

Tuesday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (in store show)
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

That’s a lot of days open. As you can see, Dumb Records will be open for an in-store show on Thursday, which will begin at 7:00 pm. It will also be open for Black Sheep shows on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

used LPs
Ahmad Jamal – Happy Moods
The Ames Brothers – The Blend And The Beat
The Buddy Rich Big Band – Mercy, Mercy
Carmen Cavallaro – The Soundtrack Album of The Eddy Duchin Story
Cheryl Crawford – Brigadoon
Chicago – VIII
Count Basie & His Orchestra – The Best of Basie
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Bossa Nova USA
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz Impressions of Japan
The Doobie Brothers – Best of the Doobies Volume II
Duke Ellington / Count Basie – The Count Meets The Duke First Times
Duke Ellington – Ellington Indigos
Harry James – Trumpet Rhapsody and Other Great Instrumentals
Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass – Casino Royale
Jerry Vale – Arrivederci, Roma
Jimmy Buffet – Son of a Son of a Sailor
Johnny Mathis – Merry Christmas
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – Cannonball Enroute
The Lazy “B” Wranglers – Sing Sons Of The Old West
Marty Robbins – All-Time Greatest Hits
Mel Tillis – And Friends
Michael Jackson – The Best of Michael Jackson
The Mormon Tabernackle Choir – Rock of Ages
Ray Charles – Cinema ‘76
Rod Stewart – Rod Stewart
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Choir – Sings Christmas Carols
Stan Getz – The Greatest of Stan Getz
Thelonious Monk – Monk.
UFO – The Wild The Willing And The Innocent
Various – Levant’s Favorites
Various – Central Illinois Rocks
Various – The Many Sounds of Jazz Today
Various – Country Memories
Various – Country’s Greatest Love Songs
Various – Better Homes and Gardens Books Presents Christmas 1989
Victor Young – Around The World In 80 Days

We all know that today is the 4th of July and you are all off work or school. So why not come hang out at Dumb Records? Dumb Records will be open today (Friday from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm). It looks like in light of it being the 4th of July weekend, Dumb Records will also be having a big 4th of July Weekend Sale! For this sale you get 20% off all used items in store including LPs, 7″s, CDs, cassettes, and even t-shirts! Sounds like a good excuse to stop in! Let’s run over Dumb Records’s operating hours this weekend:

Friday, July 4th: 3pm – 9pm
Saturday, July 5th: 10am – 9pm
Sunday, July 6th: 11am – 8pm

Don’t forget to also check out our list of new arrivals at Dumb Records this week (there are a lot). There is also one show at Black Sheep this weekend, happening tomorrow. All of you have a safe weekend, and happy record hunting!

It’s official! Your favorite Southtown record store, Dumb Records, now has a twitter. Now you can follow Dumb Records and stay updated with all the new arrivals, sweet deals going on in store, and maybe a little bit of goofing off that happens from time to time in the store. Check out the new twitter right here.

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It’s another busy week at Dumb Records, and this week we have quite the load of new and tasty arrivals to lay on you. You can find that list at the bottom of this post, and you might want to look over it once or twice because there are some hidden gems in there. Dumb Records is also open today from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm if you want to run in and have first dibs on a lot of these sweet new arrivals. Let’s also run down what times Dumb Records is going to be open this week:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

New LPs
2PAC – Live
Agnostic Front – Victim In Pain
Bad Brains – I Against I
The Beatles – Revolver
Bikini Kill – Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
Bob Marley – Exodus
The Cramps – Smell of Female
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Droughts / Frameworks / Kittyhawk / Prawn – Split
The Flaming Lips – Oh My Gawd!!!
Flesh Born – All The Pain I Built Up / Han
Hüsker Dü – Flip Your Wig
Jaw Breaker – Unfun
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Life In Vacuum – 5
Masked Intruder – M.I.
Minutemen – Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat
Pixies – Come On Pilgrim
Ramones – Rocket To Russia
Sex Pistols – Nevermind The Bullocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
Shaggy – Boombastic LP
Sham 69  – Set List: The Anthology
The Smiths – Mean Is Murder
Snoop Doggy Dogg – The Doggfather
Various – Andy Smith’s Southern Soul
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes

7”
Atom & His Package / Har Mar Superstar – Split
Kittyhawk / Cherry Cola Champions – Split

Cassettes
Bad Catman – The Cat’s Out Of The Bag
Enabler – Fin Arsole Du Monde
Lyed Between My Claws – Crooked Arrows / Letter #48
Nectar – Nectar
Statuette – Live From The Office, July 2013
Various – Skeletal Lightning Charity Cassette Compilation Vol. 1

This week is going to be another big one at Dumb Records (1107 South Grand Ave). Why’s that? Well first of all we have plenty of awesome new arrivals. You can check out that list below. We also have a lot more vinyl coming in later this week that is not listed. When is Dumb Records open this week? Let’s go over that:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday (show): 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

That sounds like a pretty good time. Now let’s look at some of the new arrivals we have this week:

LPs
Gas Rag – Beats Off
Mod Subs – Primitive By Today’s Standards
The Soil and The Sun – What Wonder Is The Universe

7”s
Brian Lee and His Orchestra/Swamp Tigers – Split
Desperat – Demokarati Eller Diktatur?
Hassler – Amorality EP
Mercy Killings – Mercy Killings
Vaaska / Impalers – Split

CDs
Brian Lee & His Orchestra – Let Yourself Be Happy
Kat Jones – Building
Kat Jones – La Rosa, La Calavera
Kat Jones – Kat Jones
Saudades – Sign Ooh Dah Des

Cassettes
Anomaly – Summer Tour 2014
Dildozer – The Titular Tape
Distract – Future Demo Plus
Gospel & The Wolf – Gospel & The Wolf
Superfamicom – The Bottom
Superfamicom – Punishing The Faithful
Superfamicom – Perilous
Superfamicom – Original Soundtrack By Superfamicom
Superfamicom – Aurora Blue/Moonlit Skin
Superfamicom – In Spades
Superfamicom – Endless Fervor
Thunderhoof – By The Flames

This week we have a ridiculous amount of new arrivals at Dumb Records, and the new arrivals are still coming. The shop is in full summer mode- air conditioning and all. Don’t forget that if you want first dibs on a lot of the new stuff in this week that we are open Tuesdays from 3:00 – 8:00 pm. Tonight there is also a show, so we will be open from 3:00 – 9:00 pm. Dumb Records is also open tomorrow from 6:00 to 9:00 pm for another show, and there is an acoustic show at Dumb Thursday from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Check out that long list of new arrivals below.

New LPs
Ama Dots – Ama Dots
Antilles – EP
Broken Prayer – LP
Cruelster – Potatoe Boys
The Evens – The Evens
Fugazi – The Argument
Hi Ho Silver, Away! – Chore
Lipstick Homicide – Out Utero
Manic Depressives / 30 Second Flash – Split
Max Load – Max Load
Medical Tourists – Medical Tourists
M.O.T.O. – No Way Street
M.O.T.O. – Pack Your Troubles In Dreams
M.O.T.O. – No Sleep ‘Til Turku
Poison Planet – Boycott Everything
Raymilland – Recordings ’79-‘81
RazorXFade – LP
Shitty Weekend – Shit Week
The Taxpayers – A Rhythm In The Cages
The Young Leaves – Alive And Well
Warpath – Fuck You I’m Queer
We Must Dismantle All This! – Decathect

10”s
Cloud Mouth – Keep Well
Dogs of Ire – Death To Tyrants

7”s
Abolitionist / Rubrics – Split
The Bruté Medium – Wilmot Provisio
Cheap Art – Desocialized
Cruelster / Putrid Cause – Split
Dogs Of Ire – Marc Antony
Earth Girls – Wrong Side Of History
Falter – Descent
Fumes – Fumes
Glocca Morra – Ghoul Intentions
Hi Ho Silver, Away! – Compromise
House of Apparition – House of Apparition
Jawbox – Tongues
Kata Sarka / Boddicker – The David Lee Gorgoroth EP
Lubricants – Activated Energy
Minor Threat – Demo 7”
Parasitic Twins – Parasitic Twins
Parrhesia – For Everything To Be…
PePermanent Ruin – San Jose EP
Rat Storm – Fractured
Rat Storm – Empty Hands
Rites Of Spring – All Through A Life
Syntax Error – Syntax Error
Tough Stuff – College

Cassettes
Anomaly – Demo
American Hate – Demo
Beat Wagon – Beat Wagon
CHUD – Demo
Cold Lovers – Mouth
Falter – Descent
The Holidays – Bus Freak
Occultonomy – Demo
Low Tax – II
NEED – Demo
Polypsis – The Way
Quick Attack – Barn Demo 2010
Regimen – Upprepning Ar…
Sleeper – Sleeper
Snotrocket – Snotrocket
The Valenteens – Nothing Owed +2
The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Josh Is Dead
Zodiacs – Demo