Ty Witty: “Embers”

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Today, or late last night, local Springfield solo artist Ty Witty released a new acoustic seven-track album called Embers. As far as we know the release is only available on Apple Music right now, which you can check out right here. The release will possibly be available on other streaming platforms later on.

Ty Witty is featured on the cover of this month’s issue of Activator Magazine, which includes a full interview about the new album and more. There are no live performances lined up that we know of. Ty released another album, For When It Rains last year. We’ve also added this one to our Springfield album archive, bringing us to a total of 502 releases.

Tonight at Dumb Records: T-Roni, Dirty Da Don, Clutch, Fly Rich, Om33zy, Extravagant, BabyPac

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Wow, that was too long of a break for us not having shows these past couple of weeks! We are ready to get back into the swing of things tonight, with this killer hip hop show lined up! There are SEVEN performers all on the bill tonight, ALL of which have not yet performed at our new space here downtown. At the top of the bill we have the queen of 217 hip hop and one of the best in our area, T-Roni. T-Roni performed at Black Sheep as well as all over the country and has won numerous contests for her performances. Also on this show we have long running local hip hop act Dirty Da Don performing here at Dumb Records for the first time. Stream a new song featuring both Dirty Da Don and T-Roni below. CLUTCH is another one on the bill, a long time performer here in town and had been on a few shows back at Black Sheep! Before that we are gonna Fly Rich! With Fly Rich! Who else do we got… OM33ZY from the area who has worked with a good number of other local artists and performed a few times at Black Sheep. Towards the beginning of the lineup we got a newer artist going by “Extravagant.” Opening things up is the first Springfield performance for BabyPac, who moved here from Galesburg, IL a couple of years ago.

All of this starts at 7:30pm 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 good list of everything we have coming up at Dumb Records in the near future.

Dirty Da Don: “Project Legendary 5 Built 4 This”

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Today we bring you a brand new album from one of the acts performing at our big hip hop show lined up tomorrow night (hopefully the weather should be warmer by then). That is long time running local rapper Dirty Da Don, who is back at it with a new album called Project Legendary 5 Built 4 This. The album is streaming in full on Audiomack right here. Is the embedded player going to work for that site?? Looks like it does! Stream the album on the player below.

Looks like this is going to be local release #501, added on to this year to our Springfield album archive page! Don’t forget Dirty Da Don is also performing at our space tomorrow night (Saturday) along with six other artists who have not yet performed at our new space downtown.

Springfield Album Archive Page Hits 500 Listings

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This counts as exciting news, right? Today we are letting you know that the Springfield album archive page where we have been listing out and linking all Springfield band and artist releases (demos, albums, etc.) has hit a total of 500 listings! Most of these listings include links to where you can go listen to the release. Right now this ranges from Food And Money back in 1980 all the way to Ricki Marvel in 2020. That’s 40 years! We do know that this isn’t nearly anywhere close to cataloguing everything that has ever came out in Springfield, but we are constantly adding to this list. If you have music to be added (especially if you have links to where we can listen, or send us music directly) – feel free to reach out to us at dumbrecs@gmail.com.

It should also be noted that the vast majority of the albums we have listed have all came out within the last few years. The halfway point in all of that is at 2016. Either there’s been more music than ever coming out of Springfield in recent years and it’s easier for bands to record than it was in earlier years, or we have a lot of catching up on past years to do we are not sure… maybe a little bit of both cases.

Oh, we also did a little bit of updating to our grand ol’ history page, which by now takes a good sitting down to fully read.

Sensai Doog: “Live 4rm The Zoo II”

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Today we bring you another local release we are a little late to the game to – this one came out late at the end of last year in December. Thanks to Ken No of Hiphophumpday killing it in the review section of Activator Magazine, we are able to get the latest on local hip hop releases that we may have otherwise missed! This is the latest from local rapper Sensai Doog. Sensai Doog came out with a full length album in December called Live 4rm The Zoo II. You can stream some of that on the Youtube player below. Find the full album streaming on Youtube right here. You can also find it online at CD Baby and Deezer.

Sensai Doog released an album prior to this one called Blood Eagle back in 2018. We are also adding this one to last year for our Springfield album archive page… which brings us to 500 releases total!?!?

Gargantuan: “The Great Onyx Sarcophagus”

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Oh goodness gracious, on this very black metal Thursday snowy morning we bring you… a brand new six minute and forty second long track from solo death / black metal metal project Gargantuan. Check that out on the player below, or head over to the Gargantuan bandcamp page where you can download the track at your own price. From the bandcamp description:

This track is a continuation of the chronicles foretold in “Upon the Golgothan Plains”, in which the Forces Ov Hell – freshly battered and distraught over the crushing of Satan and the decimation of their ranks – reevaluate their purpose in life and tremble in fear under the deep silhouette of a new and ancient entity.

Gargantuan released a debut track “Wardogs Ov The Wild Hunt” last August. The next show the project has lined up is happening here at Dumb Records on April 3rd.

LL Cool J, Toby Keith, and More Announced For 2020 State Fair Grandstand Acts

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We are reporting on this here news that most of you probably already know about. It’s once again time for the Illinois State Fair, it’s just right around the corner and only a few weeks away (like 27 weeks in fact). The Illinois State Fair will be happening this year on August 13th through the 23rd. Last week the State Fair announced some of their headlining grandstand acts. The first up is the 26 year old singer songwriter, Kane Brown. Then big country legend Toby Keith. Something about a Neil Diamond cover band. Another country act, Chris Young. We have big time rapper LL Cool J performing… for the first time in Springfield(?) And then of course we have Puddle Of Mudd.

That’s what they have announced so far, folks! Tickets for some of those acts go on sale online on April 25th. Stay tuned for more State Fair announcements, you can pay attention to the Illinois State Fair website, or follow them on facebook. Will this year top Joan Jett and Snoop Dogg? Let us know in the comments below.

Nkeyla: “Mad @ You” Ft. Zacari

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Good morning, world. Today we bring you a fresh new track (fresh out of the oven) from local rap artist from Lanphier High School, Nkeyla Henderson. Nkeyla (also known as Keyng) has a new track  called “Mad @ You” which you can find streaming on the Youtube player embedded below, and features another artist “Zacari.”

Nkeyla performed at a hip hop show at our space back in September. The next show we have lined up at Dumb Records is another hip hop show.

Starter Jackets: “Fucked It Up For Everyone”

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Whoops, this is one that came out last year that we definitely missed on our site. Better late than never, right? At some point later last year Rad Girlfriend Records (small record label based out of Ohio) released a brand new 7″ featuring four brand new songs from Springfield’s very own Starter Jackets. Rad Girlfriend had also released the bands full length LP, Decisions back in 2018. We do not have any of the new 7″ in stock, but we do have a few copies of Decisions over at Dumb Records. Stream Fucked It Up For Everyone on the player below. You can head over to the Rad Girlfriend Records bandcamp to purchase the download or order the physical 7″ record.

We are also adding this one to our Springfield album archive page for last year, bringing us to 498 local releases catalogued total.

New and Upcoming Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s a fresh new week at our record store here in downtown Springfield. What a lovely day. Today we are bringing you another list of new releases and some records we expect to be getting in on Friday. And, we are in a bit of a dry spot as far as shows go at our space – there weren’t any this past weekend, but we are hitting it hard this Saturday with a pretty stacked hip hop show. Let’s take a look at the schedule for the week and then get into what’s new:

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 (show): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Expected Friday New LPs
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Jimmy Eat World – Clarity
Kanye West – Late Registration
Khruangbin – Texas Sun EP
Metallica – Metallica
Mobb Deep – Infamy
New Order – Movement
Suicide Silence – Become The Hunter
Tyler The Creator – Igor
The Wonder Years – Burst & Decay (Volume Ii)

New LPs
Eminem – The Eminem Show
Kid Dynamite – Shorter, Faster, Louder

Used LPs
Alan Stivell – Celtic Symphony
Alison Moyet – Alf
The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band
Andres Segovia – The Intimate Guitar
Bob Dylan – Desire
Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits Volume II
Bryan Adams – Bryan Adams
Carol Kidd – All My Tomorrows
Carole King – Welcome Home
Charlie Daniels – Charlie Daniels
Chet Atkins – Finger Pickin’ Good
Condition – Actual Hell
Dreams – Imagine My Surprise
Faces – Snakes And Ladders: The Best of Faces
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
Gordon Lightfoot – Back Here On Earth
Jade Warrior – Last Autumn’s Dream
Johnny Mathis – Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet
John Morris – Silent Movie Original Soundtrack
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Warm
Howard Jones – Human’s Lib
Hubert Laws – Say It With Silence
The Innocence Mission – The Innocence Mission
Janis Ian – Between The Lines
Jennifer Hall – Fortune And Men’s Eyes
Jimmy Buffett – You Had To Be There
Joan Baez – Recently
Judie Tzuke – Sports Car
Kenny Rogers – Love Will Turn You Around
Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine
Letter to Berzhnev – Original Soundtrack
Lorin Maazel – Beethoven Overtures
Marti Jones – Match Game
Martin Denny – Primitiva
Merle Haggard – The Way It Was In ‘51
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band – Loose Salute
Phil Ochs – The Pleasures of the Harbor
Ray Conniff – Say It With Music
Rodney Franklin – Gotta Give It Up
The Rolling Stones – Love You Live
Rosanne Cash – Right Or Wrong
The Smothers Brothers – At The Purple Onion
Steve Goodman – High And Outside
Steve Miller Band – Greatest Hits 1974-78
Tom Morello The Nightwatchman – World Wide Rebel Songs
Various – Alpine Holiday
Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind

12” Singles
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Third Eye – The Real Thing (Club Mix)
The World Class Wreckin Cru – Turn Off The Lights

New CDs
Adam F – Colours
Air – 10,000 Hz. Legend
Art of Noise – The Drum and Bass Collection
At The Drive In – In / Casino / Out
Bomb The Bass – Clear
Darryl Worley – I Miss My Friend
Faithless – Back To Mine
Frank Sinatra – The Essence of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet – Live in Australia
George Strait – Somewhere Down In Texas
Ja Rule – Venni Vetti Vecci
Ja Rule – Rule 3:36
Jodeci – The Show The After Party The Hotel
John Digweed / Nick Muir – Bedrock Beautiful Strange
Jungle Brothers – J. Beez Wit The Remedy
Queen Latifah – Order In The Court
Ready For The World – Greatest Hits: Oh Sheila!
R. Kelly – R. Kelly
Rufus Wainwright – Poses
Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Soul IV Real – Heat
Steve Earle And The Dukes – Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator
Steve Earle – Jerusalem
Mark Wills – Wish You Were Here
Mark Wills – Permanently
Mel Torme – My Kind of Music
Missy Misdemeanor Elliot – Supa Dupa Fly
Tammy Wynette – 16 Biggest Hits
Trisha Yearwood – The Sweetest Gift
Trisha Yearwood – Everybody Knows
UB40 – The Best of UB40 1980-2000
Various – Dream Club 3.0
Various – The Deep House Culture
Veruca Salt – Eight Arms To Hold You
Vic Damone – I’m Glad There Is You
Versus – Two Cents Plus Tax
The Verve – Urban Hymns
Vic Damone – Best of Vic Damone
Village People – The Best of Village People
The Vines – Highly Evolved
The Wallflowers – (Breach)
The Warren Brothers – Beautiful Day In The Cold Cruel World
Weezer – Green Album
Wham! – Make It Bigg
The Why Store – Two Beasts
Wynonna – The Other Side
Yo Yo – You Better Ask Somebody