We have a lot of show announcements to catch up on all of a sudden. Wow. Here is one happening on leap day in fact! Saturday, February 29th. It’s another one presented by The Radon Lounge and Baristie Boys’ Coffee (or something like that). This show features out of town St. Louis indie-pop act, Golden Curls. You can stream their newest album on the player below. We also have the return of Derrick  Streibig – from the band “We Are Warm” based out of the Girard, Illinois area. Up before that we have Imaginary Colours… performing inside of our new space for the first time? Is that true? We might be mistaken on that, but come out to see it either way. Opening things up is a younger singer/songwriter from Petersburg, Emily Perkins performing at our space for the first time.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Oh! We almost forgot, there is a featured local artist for this show! The works of Jen Santarelli will be on display inside of our show space! Check out a facebook event for all of that right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for everything else we have coming up this February and beyond.

It is February, and these next few days we are going to start announcing some shows we got going on later on this month like crazy! This one is happening on Tuesday, February 25th and we highly recommend attending. For this one we have jazz-folk artist Melanie A. Davis coming from the small town of Murray, Kentucky. You can stream her new album which just came out on the player embedded below. Also on this show is Bloomington, IL-based solo artist HECK (aka Hannah Songer) who we have not seen in a minute. Up before that is Ricki Marvel, performing here for the first time since her brand new album, The Prisoner came out earlier last month. Opening things up is Kate Laine (The Kate of Kate the Band).

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is a sliding scale of $5 to $7. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to take a peak at what else we’ve got coming up at Bread Stretchers this 2020.

Today we have a show to tell you about happening much later on in March. That is on Saturday, March 21st. Mark your calendars. For this show we have the big return of “Gnarly Beth,” who were formerly known as “Carly Beth” (not to be confused with “Charlie Beth” or “Charlie Brown.” The band decided their name after an ongoing lawsuit with a different Carly Beth. They are from Champaign and performed at our space earlier on last year. The other touring act on the bill is Pledge Drive from Chicago. You can check out Pledge Drive’s music on the player below. Oh, what’s this?? We actually have a third out of town act on the bill, and that is indie-rock group Big Tobacco from St. Louis! Joining all of this is local support from two acts. The Telephone Junkies, who just recently performed here are on the bill. Opening things up is Dexter Anodyne, who is amazing.

That show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at our space this year!

We haven’t announced this show yet? Wow, we get to get more on top of things. This one is happening later on in March – Tuesday, March 10th. It’s gonna be a stinger of a gig. This one is going to be a tour kickoff of sorts for the bands Prevention and their Tennessee-based friends, Gumm who have played here a couple of times before. Nice. Stream some of Gumm’s music on the player below. You already know what Prevention sounds like. Also on this show is “Direct Measure” who used to be called… Brute Force. They have played here a bunch too, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the flier because they changed their name. Also on this show is the mighty Bull Cult from Galesburg, playing here for the second time ever. Black Box from Springfield is going to be opening things up with their wild & crazy hardcore music. Enjoy!

All of that is at 7:00 pm and admission is $7! Hopefully the weather will be warmer by then. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Dumb Dumb’s!

It’s time for us to move on to some February show announcements! It’s hard to believe, but we are already halfway through January of 2020. This one is happening on Saturday, February 1st. For this show, we have two touring acts coming through from Louisville, Kentucky. The first of those is called “Sidestep“. You can check out a song by Sidestep on the player below. Sidestep is touring with Molly O’Malley, a piano and guiatar solo act also from Louisville. Check out some of Molly’s music right here. Then we have a couple of familiar acts. This includes Kate The Band from right here in town. We also have a return of the relaxing ambient loop pedal project F///\\\M (standing for “Family Man”).

That show starts 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 for a good look at what else is coming up here at Dumb Records in the new year.

Ready to hear about the next hip hop show we have lined up at Dumb Records? It’s coming up later this month on Saturday, January 25th. This one is a release show of sorts for local hip hop artist Satisfy, who just recently dropped his debut full length album entitled Take A Deep Dive Into What I Go Through on multiple streaming platforms. This one is being organized by DB Entertainment. Also on this show is 36 N Brimstone, an artist from Carlinville, Illinois. We also have Meezy Killafield on board once again! Meezy performed at our last hip hop show last month. The one other act lined up is C. Smith right now. There will also be more!

This show starts at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $7 at the door but $5 in advance. For advance tickets and more info, you can check out the facebook event right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page for what else we have lined up here in 2020.

Wow, just look at this tasty gig being lined up on Friday, January 24th at our space! It looks very sweet indeed. Last night was so great, we are ready for these good shows of 2020 to continue. This one features Nectar from Champaign, who are no strangers to the Springfield rock scene. Stream their latest album on the player below. The Telephone Junkies will be performing for us as well. And if that is not enough for you, Sadface Killer from here and Peoria will be taking the stage before them. Opening things up is the folky local duo, Idle Oath. They are really good.

All of that starts on that day at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else we have lined up in the year 2020, the year of the future.

Oh well big whoops, we have not officially announced this show on our site yet. This is going to be a big one because it’s the first show at our space that Jeff Black of The Radon Lounge is involved in setting up since he’s joined our team. This one is happening on Sunday, January 19th at Dumb Records. This one features two touring acts, and some surprises. The touring act at the top of the bill is Slow Mass from Chicago. This band features members of bands that have performed at Black Sheep over the years, and you can listen to some of their music on the player below. The other act is a duo called Turtledoves from Cincinnati Ohio, featuring two members that were a part of the band Soil & The Sun, which Jeff had booked at Radon Lounge before. For locals… wow, what is this we have the band Mother Leopard back from the dead from the year 2009. Also from 2009 and even earlier than that is Kirk Donely of the bands The Transatlantic and Sealife?!? (Okay, he currently plays in The Dandelion Pickers).

This whole show starts at 7:00 pm on that day and it’s $7 admission. Mark your calendars. Here is a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at our space in the near future.