Record Store Day 2020 Official List Released Online

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These are exciting times for Record Store Day enthusiasts and for us as well – the official Record Store Day list for 2020 was just released to the public (and to us) yesterday! This includes a little over 400 exclusive titles of limited pressings coming out for Record Store Day 2020 on Saturday, April 18th this year.

You can find that full list on the Record Store Day website right here.

See anything that you are interested in picking up on that list? We can not put in any special orders or place any exclusive items on hold for Record Store Day, but we do have an active post going on our facebook page (pinned to the top) where we are collecting comments of what you would like us to order. Don’t have facebook? You can always email us at dumbrecs@gmail.com what you would like and we can try to make sure we can have it stocked for Record Store Day!

You can find a facebook event for Record Store Day at Dumb Records right here. Our store will be open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm (there will be people waiting in line). We are going to have live music lined up throughout the day, to be announced later on along with some more goodies!

April 14th at Dumb Records: Big Losers, The Complaint Line, Idle Oath, Marble Teeth

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Let’s boogie. On Tuesday, April 14th we are having another gig. This one Pizza Ranch Jack set up and he accidentally misspelled every single band name on the flier. That’s right. Who do we have? Big Loser is at the top of the bill, they are from Austin Texas and have played here a number of times before. They played before at Black Sheep under a different name… something like “Free Kittens and Bread.” Now they are just “Big Loser” and we are “Dumb Records.” For local bands on this show we have The Complaint Line, actually playing for the first time inside of our new space! Also on the bill is Idle Oath (that one is definitely misspelled). We’re actually not sure who’s gonna end up opening this one up, but Marble Teeth from Decatur is playing as well.

This is a 7:00 pm, $7 show and don’t you forget it! 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 our space this spring.

Forest Saints: “Backyard Twilight Symphony”

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Springfield recording project “Forest Saints” is BACK with a massive twenty-track album! The album is entitled Backyard Twilight Symphony and you can stream it on the player below. Also head on over to the Forest Saints bandcamp page where you can purchase the download of the album. The psychedelic/experimental recording project of Mark Schwartz (also of End Times Trio, Demons on Wheels, and Tin Ghost) now has a whopping ELEVEN albums released on bandcamp, with the previous release being the nearly two-hour long The Book of Descents & Ascensions released last year.

There are no live shows for Forest Saints lined up. We are adding this one to our Springfield album archive page, bringing us to eight releases that we have had listed so far this year.

March Issue Of Activator Magazine Available Now

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Happy March, y’all! Did you know it was March? This is a post to let you all know that we now have the newest issue of Activator Magazine. This one features some people we know featured on the cover – that’s right, it’s the band Bottom Bracket, who have their new and debut album Don’t Care Enough To Stay coming out on Rat King Records later this month.

This issue also features an interview with Chicago-based indie group Ratboys, album reviews, live show calendars, more interviews with Mary Jo Curry, Sunshine Daydream, Hot Sauce Universe, Tony Young, and Vertrell Yates. There’s also Springfield and Peoria scene reports, photospreads, and more.

All of this is available for free right now inside of Dumb Records, and various other businesses around town. We also have a few back issues available as well.

March 20th at Dumb Records: Yellow Number Seven, The Florida Brothers Band, Velvet Bethany, Foot

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Hear-ye, hear-ye! We have quite an interesting show to tell you about happening in just two in a half weeks on Friday, March 20th. An old Springfield band reunion, and two touring bands from different parts of the country both featuring members of great bands that have been here before. Let’s start from the top. We have… a local band that was active in the 1990’s called “Yellow Number Seven!” Are you intrigued? The band is back with some new recordings which you can find on the player directly below! Also on this show is… all the way up north in Wisconsin, the “Florida Brothers Band.” That’s right, they are from Wisconsin. AND features at least one member of the legendary Wabeno Rock Farm. If you know, then you know. If you don’t, you should still come out to the show. The OTHER touring band we have on this bill is called Velvet Bethany. They play garage punk and are from Buffalo, New York and feature members of the band Radiation Risks! Okay, okay. Opening things up we have a rare performance of the local stoner metal group FOOT. First time playing here at the new Dumb Records even??

That’s a lot going on on one show. All of that starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And of course be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at our space this spring.

New & Expected Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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Happy *super Tornado Tuesday everybody. This week we are once again bringing you a fresh stack of used LPs, new CDs, 12″ singles, new LPs, and some new new records that we are expecting to get in on Friday. How exciting! The weather is warming up outside and things are happening. We actually don’t have any shows going on this weekend, the next show isn’t until March 10th. Either way, you should stop by the shop and we what we’ve got sometime!

Tuesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 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: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Expected Friday New LPs
Best Coast – Always Tomorrow
The Breakfast Club – Soundtrack
Charles Bradley – Changes
Haley Heynderickx – I Need To Start A Garden
Metallica – Ride The Lightning
The Notorious B.I.G. – Greatest Hits
Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man
Prince – Purple Rain
Selena Gomez – Rare
The Specials – Ghost Town
Thick – 5 Years Behind
Tool – Opiate EP
Tyler The Creator – Igor
Weird All Yankovic – Mandatory Fun

New LPs
Bob Marley – Soul Rebel
Discharge – Protest And Survive: The Anthology
Five Finger Death Punch – F8
Golden Curls – Goblin Market
Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
John Moreland – LP5
The Replacements – Don’t Tell A Soul
Ty Segall – Ty Segall
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City

Used LPs
Billy “Crash” Craddock – Billy “Crash” Craddock
Bill Doggett – Hot Doggett
Black Sheep – Black Sheep
Brand X – Unorthodox Behaviour
Bruce Hornsby And The Range – The Way It Is
Cassie – Just Friends
Chad Mitchell Trio – Blowin’ In The Wind
Elvis – C’mon Everybody
Ferrante & Teicher / Nelson Riddle – A Rage To Live
Ferrante & Teicher – 10th Anniversary of Golden Piano Hits
Frank Sinatra – Adventures Of The Heart
Frank Sinatra – Nice ’N’ Easy
Hall & Oates – Voices
Jesse Crawford – Christmas Organ And Chimes
Johnny Rivers – Wild Night
June Tabor – Aqaba
Kathryn Tickell – On Kielder Side
Kenny Loggins – Alive
Kings Road – The Hits of Simon & Garfunkel
Laura Branigan – Hold Me
Lester Lanin – At The Tiffany Ball
Linda Ronstadt – Mad Love
Loggins & Messina – So Fine
Marillion – Misplaced Childhood
The Mills Brothers – The Best Of
The New Christy Minstrels – Exciting New Folk Chorus
Olivia Newton-John – Physical
The Outfield – Play Deep
Ry Cooder – Into The Purple Valley
Sammy Kaye – Music, Maestro, Please!
Silly Sisters – No More To The Dance
Steeleye Span – All Around My Hat
Steve Winwood – Back In The High Life
Supertramp – Paris
Terry Garthwaite – Moving Day
Tom Jones – The Classic Tom Jones
Toto – Isolation
The Trio Bulgarka – The Forest Is Crying
Various – Maxell Rock Sampler
Young Dro – Best Thang Smokin’

Used 12” Singles
Ali & Cipp – Go ‘Head F / Chocolate Tai
Jamie Foxx / Kanye West – Extravaganza
King Dee & The Bishop – What’s Your Opinion?
Mariah Carey – Say Somethin’
Marillion – Kayleigh
Marillion – Lavender
Shaquille O’Neal – Tracks From The New Album “Respect”
St. John’s Ensemble – Disco Trippin’
YoungBloodZ – Chop Chop
2 Pistols – She Got It
4hero – Morning Child / Take My Time

New CDs
Aaliyah – One In A Million
Aphex Twin – Richard D James Album
ATB – Dedicated
ATB – Don’t Stop
Babyface – The Day
Babyface – For The Cool In You
Bad Religion – Against The Grain
Backstreet Boys – Millennium
Basement Jazz – Remedy
Betty Blowtorch – Are You Man Enough
Big Dumb Face – Duke Lion Fights The Terror!!
Bikini Kill – Pussy Whipped
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – The Art of War
Brandy – Brandy
Bryan White – Between Now And Forever
Bryan White – How Lucky I Am
Carl Cox – The Sound of Ultimate B.A.S.E.
The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
Chris Duckenfield – Sheffield Mix Sessions
Concrete Blonde – Group Therapy
Concrete Blonde – Still In Hollywood
Dwight Yoakam – Buenas Naches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam – Just Lookin’ For A Hit
Elvis Presley – Elvis
Elvis Presley – Louisiana Hayride
Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night
George Strait – Chill of an Early Fall
Jeff Buckley – Grace
Killah Priest – Heavy Mental
Kris Kross – The Best of Kris Kross Remixed
Lee Ann Womack – Some Things I Know
Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dnace
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Kings of Crunk
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Put Yo Hood Up
Oscar Peterson – The Will To Swing
Paul Oakenfold – Tranceport
Sarah Brightman – Encore
Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves – Salt And Pepper
Sonny Stitt & Friends – How High The Moon
Thelonious Monk – Ken Burns Jazz
Thelonious Monk – Monk In Tokyo
Tony Bennett – The Good Life
Various – Absolutely Gospel! Volume Two
Violent Femmes – Viva Wisconsin

The State Journal-Register’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2020 Voting

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Happy Monday everyone, we are here today to tell you that the official voting for the State Journal-Register’s annual “Readers’ Choice Awards” for 2020 is now live!

Categories this year include: Health & Medical, Dining, Entertainment, Home and Family Services, Home Services, Shopping, Top Businesses, and Vehicles.

Go vote online right here! Voting is open now until March 12th.

This year we are in the running for… absolutely nothing!!! We didn’t make it in as a finalist in best venue category, or best music store or… anything!!! We did win the “Best New Downtown Business” category of The Illinois Times Best of Springfield poll this past fall for 2019, and are very grateful for anyone who voted for us in that.

For the “Best Live Entertainment” category we have other live entertainment venues such as Boondocks, Buzzbomb, The Curve Inn, and… Idle Oath?? (the acoustic/folk duo)?

For “Best Music Store” we have our friends Capital City Music, Elf Shelf, House of Music, Recycled Records, and The Music Shoppe.

Mansion Musicfest 2020 Happening May 30-31, Tickets On Sale March 6th

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The headline is pretty much it folks! “Mansion Musicfest” taking place at “The Mansion” just outside of Virden, Illinois some 30-40 minutes away from Springfield is happening once again, for a second year for two days coming up on May 30th and 31st. There are no music acts being announced for the festival right now, but we will be sure to let you know when those announcements come. The festival debuted during a rainy weekend last year, but seemed to go over successfully. There have also been a few other events at The Mansion including “Hallowicked” this past October.

Early bird tickets for Mansion Musicfest go on sale coming up soon on March 6th. You can follow the Mansion Musicfest facebook page for more info on that once it is released!

Tonight at Dumb Records: Golden Curls, Derrick Streibig, Imaginary Colours, Emily Perkins

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Things are warming up outside and we are starting to get real busy with all of the shows we have going on. Tonight is 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 spring.

City: “Bonkerz”

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Those local hip hop music videos are rolling in at a rate so fast, we are posting one a day here it seems like and still can’t keep up! Today we bring you a new song and video from “City” aka “City FME.” The song is called “Bonkerz” and you can find the video on the player below. This one was shot and directed by Elijah Settles. City released his most recent full length album, Lost In The Music 3 last year.

Be sure to also check out our vids/pics page for an ever growing list of local music videos shot from over the years.