Swing Extra Hard and Make the Zap Noises

Boy have we been busy lately. We just picked up a bunch of record shelving and fixtures last week and have been busy getting all that situated at our mall store. It’s looking so good! More pics of that at the bottom here.

Next week we’ll be having a Ethel Cain midnight listening party at our downtown store, so be watching out for that.

Here are all the hot new vinyls coming out this Friday:

– New Orleans hip hop duo $UICIDEBOY$ with their 5th studio album “Thy Kingdom Come” on exclusive maroon vinyl. Everyone at the mall always asks if we have them.
– BILLY STRINGS and BRYAN SUTTON have a live album, “Live At The Legion” out on red, white and blue split viny.
– Country artist SHABOOZEY who played the fair last year is out with a deluxe edition of his last album “Where I’ve Been” – double black LP.
– a couple of Blue Note Tone Poet jazz re-issues: The Horace Silver Quintet “The Tokyo Blues” and Jackie McLean “Jacknife”.

This week Pepperoni picked In Rainbows

“Good morning Peppy fan’s! I am back with another pick this week. An album cover you have all seen – Radiohead’s 2007 “In Rainbows” probably takes the cake for being their most iconic album cover. This very colorful album art looked so great on our new 2007 ipod nano screens back when this was released, I am pretty sure it was the default album shown in all ipod advertisements. Is it the best Radiohead album? Some people might think so. Contains hit songs “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” and “Nude.”

Teen Boys Playing Volleyball in the Middle of the Mall

Recently Jeff, the more attractive of the two owners of this store is now working the store full time, he had to be real dramatic about it and wrote a speech:

“Big Announcement here. After 17 years in IT at Horace Mann I have very recently changed careers to full time retail.

This is certainly a big change for me. It feels my whole life has been a progression of, “5 years ago I sure wouldn’t believe I’d be doing this now!” From getting my masters in computer science, to becoming a PMP certified project manager, to managing my own team of software developers, learning how to operate and maintain vintage pinball and arcade machines, running a music venue for 8 years out of my basement, becoming partner in a record store. Every time it’s been a big leap. Opening a public arcade 5 years ago, working with an architect to have an official above-board all ages music venue, and learning the ins ‘n outs of record farming.

Thanks to my very intelligent and pretty wife, 2 amazing boys, parents who told me I could do big things, a business partner who agrees calling two stores Dumb and Dumber is a good idea, many people who have helped along the way, and an amazing community who comes out and supports our silly record store everyday. This is certainly big for me that I can give more attention to making Dumb Records a fun experience for our community.”

As soon as he did all that he slacked off and didn’t even post the new Friday releases on time to this site. Here is what was released new today!

– ALEX WARREN, I’ve been told this guy is a pro youtuber gone musician or something. His album “You’ll Be Alright Kid” available on white vinyl.
– Americana indie band LORD HURON have their fifth album “The Cosmic Selector” available on red swirl vinyl.
– Another indie artist ALEX G, with a new album “Headlights”.
– LAURA JANE GRACE has a new album out on Polyvinyl records called “Adventure Club”! We will also have a limited amount of exclusive patches to hand out with purchase of this one!
– Last but not least a silver re-pressing of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s greatest hits.

Next Friday at the mall, we will be hosting a release party for the new Tyler Childers album!

And so far this week we’ve hosted 2 shows already and this one is happening on Saturday. Looks like another loud ol hardcore bash.

1 If In Woods, 2 If There’s a Sink Nearby

This Thursday downtown we have a kinda death metal, kinda hardcore show going on.

And then this Friday we got some Big new vinyl releases coming out!

-MAC MILLER – “I Love Life, Thank You” is getting pressed to vinyl for the first time, the 2011 mixtape that was originally released to celebrate 1 million Twitter followers (boy those were the days)
-The new album from WET LEG, “Moisturizer” hits shelves including the indie Clear variant
YOU’RE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLIE BROWN adds even more unreleased Vince Guaraldi jazz tracks to the Charlie Brown pile in the form of 45rpm Zoetrope vinyl! It looks good, sounds good, great!
-We got the much anticipated debut of GIGI PEREZ, self produced album “At The Beach, In Every Life”
-And a reissue of BILLY JOEL “Glass Houses”

This week Pepperoni chose the Black Album

“Today I picked METALLICA s/t, also known as the Black Album (I assume because it’s very dark and hard to read). This album from 1991 contains so many hits. Like everyone else learning how to play guitar, they learned how to play Enter Sandman and put it on this record! The producer of this album was Bob Rock who also produced Motley Crue’s “Dr Feelgood”. I can just imagine them having such a great time together, inserting “Sad But True” and “Nothing Else Matters” into their daily conversations and giggling about it. This was the first Metallica album to include bass guitar and also orchestral instruments, perhaps forshadowing their magnum opus S&M2.”

Did you know our downtown arcade has existed for 5 years now???

It’s Pronounced Loyd

I’m finally back posting again. Sorry a lot has happened lately and it’s all over now, including this Lorde listening party that was earlier today.

Oh yeah and we had this Benson Boone listening party last week

But don’t you worry, there are still more records to come, including these that are out this Friday!
– Yes there’s a new LORDE album, “Virgin” – we are holding an advance listening party for this at Dumber Records tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6pm, but the actual vinyl comes out on Friday!! We will be taking pre-orders at the listening event!
– CHAPPELL ROAN with “The Giver 7” (yes it’s just her new song) – FIVE different covers and colored vinyl pressings for this!! We should have some of each at both stores!
– BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “Lost And Found” a collection of unreleased tracks from throughout Bruce’s career – yes there is a big boxset release for this but we are stocking up on the double LP version!
– CRYSTAL CASTLES with a reissue of “III”, originally released in 2012.
– PLAYBOI CARTI with both a reissue and a new album! The new album is just called “Music” and then the re-issue is of his 2018 debut album “Die Lit”!

This week Pepperoni picked Fleetwood Mac

“Alright, I’ll admit it this is a lazy pick on my end this week. Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” is and has always been the #1 selling album of all time here at Dumb Records (and it was actually my first ever pick when we started doing this weekly pick thing over three years ago now). Since we sell so many copies of Rumours it just makes sense that Fleetwood Mac gets another pick – and it just HAS to be their greatest hits even though half of their greatest hits are tracks off of Rumours!! (Okay, 4 out of the 14 tracks). Fleetwood Mac are an interesting band that evolved many times since their formation in 1967. This isn’t even their first greatest hits album – they had one released in 1971 featuring songs before Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks had even joined the group. THIS greatest hits was originally released in 1988 and features songs from the band’s career mid 70’s through the 80’s, including a couple of non-album singles. Enjoy!”

Speaking of Pep, he has a new shirt out too!

And lastly we’ve also picked up a couple new employees lately, here is Scott holding one of my favorite Neil Young albums.

And here’s Jamie holding a Green Day album, which is weird as they only ever want to talk about Ghost.

Hundreds of FFA Students Sneaking into the Arcade

This Friday we have a mixed bill show, sure to surprise and amaze!

Also this Friday we got a fresh batch of new vinyl releases!
– KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD are onto their 27th studio album with “Phantom Island”. We’ll have some copies on “recycled black wax”
– OZZY OSBOURNE, no this is not a new album it is a re-issue of his 2014 album “Scream” on black vinyl!
– BUDOS BAND the instrumental afro-cuban jazz / funk band with their album “VII”! We should have copies on purple vinyl.
– THE CURE “Mixes Of A Lost World” will be out featuring re-mixes from their latest album.
– GRATEFUL DEAD “Greatest Hits” compilation LP out on teal blue vinyl.
– METALLICA with a re-issue of their 1996 album, “Load” on black vinyl.
– A re-issue of the 1968 psych pop classic BILLY NICHOLS “Would You Believe” (only the real ones know)

This week Pepperoni picked Cowboy Bebop!

“I wish upon my nine lives that I knew what this is. I’ve never watched Cowboy Bebop as my parents blocked Adult Swim on TV with a device they got from church. This is my first time hearing the Seatbelts and they are very good. For some reason they stuck Faye Valentine on the cover as some sort of fan service which really doesn’t represent the show very well. People freak out about this and Jeff keeps telling me I need to watch it. As always Jeff is right. Jeff is right about everything. I should be watching this more than stupid scary movies where people’s heads fall off and goop comes out. I did listen to this in the store today and I can say for sure it’s a bop. A lot of good jazz actually?? Not that I am surprised since Jeff already told me 100 times that it is good.”

We had a great time at the Turnstile album release party at the mall last Friday!

Jeff is going out to see the biggest hole in the ground out west for the next 12 days so there may not be an update here next week, just keep your eyes peeled for shows happening here next Monday and Friday, and an album release party announcement for a HUGE HOT ARTIST

Like Hot Beef Oil Dripping From The Ceiling

This Friday we’re one of the lucky stores hosting the Official TurnStile Release Party! This will be happening at our Mall store at 6pm! We’ll have a big stack of posters to hand out, some add-ons if you purchase the album. We’ll have plenty of copies of the record for sale as some CDs and a tape!

Here’s a look at all the records new this Friday!
– TURNSTILE out with their followup to their 2021 album “Glow On”, this is “Never Enough” and we will have the purply vinyl and of course we are having a big release party at our mall location on Friday 6:00pm!
– MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE “Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge” is hitting it’s 20 year anniversary, and we will have the special edition being pressed with alternative cover art on bloody red vinyl or something!\
– LIL WAYNE with his sixth Carter album, “Tha Carter VI” ! We will have vinyl.
– Alternative / folk band from Ohio called CAAMP with their album “Copper Changes Color”
– THE RED CLAY STRAYS have a double LP live album, “Live At The Ryman” out on red vinyl!
– There was a re-issue of Primus’s FRIZZLE FRY we were supposed to get a month or so ago that got pushed back to this week!

This week Pep picked Hozier

“Hozier favorite record store cat??? Me, Pepperoni?!? This week I am back with Hozier’s self-titled album as my pick! This album just hit its 10th anniversary too – released in 2014, a deluxe version recently dropped, but this is the original. Hozier is an Irish musician with quite the voice. The stand out vocal performance makes Hozier special, but it also blends genres of Americana, soul, R&B, pop, etc. He sings the song about taking him to church, which is actually on this album!”

Here’s our next show, coming up on Sunday!

It’s Soaking Through The Shirts!

We’ve been releasing a whole heap of new products lately. Here is our newest shirt design. It’s so good we didn’t even put our logo on it!

But if logos are what ya need, then we have it real big on these new slipmats!

And we put a bunch of logos on these! All of these items can be purchased at our Online Store

Anyway, here are this Friday’s hot new vinyls!

– MILEY CYRUS with her ninth studio album “Something Beautiful”! We will have copies on black vinyl.
– KENDRICK LAMAR has a 10th anniversary edition of his 2014 album “To Pimp A Butterfly” on double vinyl – poster included.
– MT. JOY with their fourth studio album “Hope We Have Fun” on clear vinyl!
– THE PET SHOP BOYS “Discography” is being released on vinyl, which is the band’s single collection.
– Rare psychedelic record THE SACRED MUSHROOM (self-titled) originally released in 1969 is getting a re-issue!

This week Pepperoni picked Marty Robbins

“Hold on right one second there partner! My pick this week is for cowboys and REAL cowboys only. You might be comin’ in ter my store ter ask if we have Marty Robbins “Gunfighter Ballads” originally released in 1959 because ye heard it on some sorta video game you were playin “fallout” or somethin. Maybe ye askin bout this here cause yer granpappy used to listen to it on ol 78. That’s fine. but only come in lookin’ fer this record on vinyl if you spit in a REAL spitoon like me, Pepperoni! Meow!”

Have you played our newest pinball MOTORDOME yet at our downtown arcade??? Check out all the strategy on our official Motordome forum

Sell Your Soul for 2.99

Wow, what a great weekend last weekend was with so much going on all at once downtown. The first Saturday Farmer’s Market, the Old Capital Art Fair, and Pridefest. We had great weather and an amazing time.

Meanwhile at the mall, Granpa has his garden planted and is all ready for summer!

So now for this week, here are you hot Friday Titles!

– STEREOLAB have their first new album in over ten years. “Instant Holograms on Metal Film.” We know we are getting copies on black, our fingers are crossed that we will receive some indie exclusives on clear.
– EXODUS “Bonded By Blood” is getting re-issued on color vinyl, this iconic 1985 metal album that influenced the world of metal.
– JOE JONAS (one of the Jonas Brothers) has a new solo album “Music For People Who Believe In Love” out on white vinyl.\
– GREEN DAY with the deluxe edition of their newest album that came out last year, “Saviors” out on double pink vinyl!
– MANNEQUIN P*SSY with a re-issue of their 2016 album “Romantic” on color vinyl.

This week Pepperoni picked Daft Punk

“You know, aside from the TRON soundtrack, I have yet to pick an actual DAFT PUNK album as my pick of the week! That has got to change! So here we have their second album “Discovery” from 2001! It’s okay to dance at home in your living room in your underwear to this. It’s electronic, it’s disco, it’s pop, it’s French. It’s also music for robots. Enjoy!”

This Friday is this show, and wouldn’t ya know it, it’s not just all hardcore, there’s some interesting sounding darkwave in there and maybe some other surprises too!

And in case that’s not enough for ya, here’s another happening on Tuesday!

Watching Cozy Dog Cuss This Week

Why don’t we start with what show is coming up. Looks like we have hardcore kids streaming in from all over, Alabama even to play a show here Thursday.

Here’s your hot Friday releases:

– FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS and their self-titled 2008 album: it’s getting a gold vinyl re-issue!
– HOZIER’s self-titled album is now 10 years old and the deluxe edition is now being released on vinyl! On black double LP.
– We’ve got a line of re-issues from 90’s shoegaze band SLOWDIVE including “Soulvaki”, “Pygmalion”, and “Just For A Day.”
– Also re-issues from REGINA SPEKTOR including albums “Begin To Hope,” “Far,” and “What We Saw From The Cheap Seats.”

This week Pep picked the Police

“I bet you all didn’t expect me to be picking THE POLICE this week! This is their second full length album, “Reggatta De Blanc” originally released in 1979! NO, it doesn’t have “Roxanne” on it, but it DOES have “Message In A Bottle” and “Walking On The Moon” on it! My favorite track? “No Time This Time”. I always thought The Police were great at blending that 70’s rock with a little bit of punk and a healthy dose of reggae mixed in. Enjoy!”

We have also added a new pinball in the arcade this week!

TOASTED CHEESEHEAD all the way though

Let’s start off with what you wanna see, the hot new vinyls coming out Friday!

– The biggest one if SLEEP TOKEN and their fourth studio album “Even In Arcadia” ! It’s a double LP on black vinyl.
– Or maybe everyone will be rushing in instead for that MUPPETS: THE GREEN ALBUM re-issue (originally released in 2011) a nice collection of muppet songs, on green vinyl.
– ANDRE 3000 (of Outkast) has another new album coming out called “Moving Day”, presumably more FLUTE MUSIC and that’s okay!
– THE WEEKND: “Hurry Up Tomorrow” “Complete Edition” coming out on double LP.
– Indie rock band THE HEAD AND THE HEART are here with their new album “Apeture”
– Last but not least we got a K-POP release from BTS’s own J-HOPE with “Hope On The Street Vol. 1”

This week Pepperoni picked Meet The Beatles

“It’s been a minute since I’ve picked THE BEATLES (some say the world’s greatest rock and roll band?) as my pick. And you know what, I’ve picked Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine, and Rubber Soul as my picks before but I have yet to pick some real early Beatles stuff. So here is their second U.S. studio album, “Meet The Beatles” originally released in 1964. All Beatles songs are hits really, but this one’s got “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” and “All My Loving” on it. Enjoy!”

Lately we’ve been getting in some insanely good used records that will be hitting our shelves in the coming weeks, like this insane collection of top tier jazz, and this weird rare Beatles bootleg. A lot of this still will be available on our discogs page, but it’s always cheaper if you can get it in our brick and morter stores.

We’ve also been slowly stocking used VHS and DVD in our mall store. As long as you’re not calling our phone and pestering us about it, we’ll keep this little pipe flowin.