Our Lady Recording

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This past month, the local sad pups in emotional band Our Lady have been recording some new material for some very mysterious reasons. Here’s a quote from member Tim Williams:
         “All I can say is it will be coming out on vinyl and it’s for a split 7″with an                                 unannounced  band. We are mega pumped about it and the new songs
          are very  much a step forward in the same direction dawning was.”
According to Tim, their music is only getting more complex. This will be an exciting thing to hear for all Our Lady fans so keep your eyes peeled for this mysterious release, soon to be announced! Check out their tumblr as well as their facebook page to stay updated on other things and keep checking back on our homepage to see other releases and information on local music!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb

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We are in for another busy week at Dumb Records and we have all of these new arrivals to tell you about today. You can check out our long list of new arrivals below which include LPs, 7″s, and CDs. Dumb Records will also be open today from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm so be sure to grab anything you see on this list there today!

New LPs
Augustus Pablo – Dubbing In A Africa
Beastie Boys – The Mix-Up
Dinosaur Jr. – Bug
Erykah Badu – Worldwide Underground
John Coltrane – Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
John Lee Hooker – Live At Sugarhhall
Mingus – At The Bohemia
Pat Kelly – Jamacian Soul
Ramones – Ramones
Sons Of Hippies – Griffons At The Gates Of Heaven
Thelonious Monk – The Unique Thelonious Monk
Various – A Psych Tribute To The Doors
Various – Ride Me Donkey
Various – 100 Tons Of Dub

Used LPs
Alice Cooper – Greatest Hits
Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood
Barry Manilow – Greatest Hits Vol. II
Barry Manilow – One Voice
Breakfast Club – Right On Track
Brenda Lee – Coming On Strong
Captain & Tennille – Love Will Keep Us Together
Charlie Rich – The Silver Fox
Chipmunks – The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits
Conway Twitty – Linda On My Mind
Debby Boone – Midstream
Diana Ross – Diana
Donny Osmond – My Best To You
Duran + Duran – The Wild Boys
Duran + Duran – Seven And The Ragged Tiger
Elvis – Elvis’ Christmas Album
Fats Domino – Fats Domino
Frank Sinatra – Try A Little Tenderness
George Carlin – FM & AM
Heart – Dog & Butterfly
Heart – Dreamboat Annie
Howard Jones – Human’s Lib
Jack Jones – A Very Precious Love
John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee
John Denver – Poems, Prayers, and Promises
KC and the Sunshine Band – Do You Wanna Go Party
Kitty Wells – Cream Of Country Hits
Loretta Lynn – Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’
Loverboy – Get Lucky
Marty Robbins – More Greatest Hits
Mary MacGregor – Torn Between Two Lovers
Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes
Moms Mabley – The Men In My Life
The Partridge Family – Up To Date
Peter Frampton/The Bee Gees – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
REO Speedwagon – Hi Infidelity
Smothers Brothers – At The Purple Onion
Sting – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

7”
Sons of Hippies – Spaceship Ride

Used CDs
BoDeans – Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams
Bon Jovi – These Days
Daft Punk – Random Access Memory
Daft Punk – Homework
Daft Punk – Discovery
Daft Punk – Human After All
Foreigner – Inside Information
The Rolling Stones – Big Hits
Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Steely Dan – A Decade Of Steely Dan
Stone Temple Pilots – Core

June 12th at Black Sheep: Hi Ho Silver, Away! (It’s Alive Records), Panzys, The Oswalds

612 Panzys Hi Ho Silver Away OswalrdsWowza! We’re pumped to announce this one. Hi Ho Silver, Away! (It’s Alive Records) is making a little trek and stopping by Black Sheep. The Californians are gonna keep it rocknroll with the help of local punx The Oswalds and Panzys. Communication with the mothership will be expected, so bring spaceshoes and a towel.

This show will be starting at 7pm and will cost $5. Lots more info can be found on the show’s Facebook event. Remember to click here to check out our other shows this summer like Dumb Fest 2, which starts the day after this!

New Band Pages: Panzys

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Today is Monday and we’ve got a fresh new band page for you all. This one is for the new Springfield punk band Panzys. Who is Panzys? Well if you head over to their page you just might learn a thing or two about the band and who all is in it. Panzys’ next Black Sheep Show is Saturday May 31st along with Asthma, Swamp Rat, Akaname, and King Worm.

You can find a long list of band pages we have gathered on our current bands page. Do you play in a band here in town that has not set up a page with us? We would love to hear from you! Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to get one together.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Ghost Mice, Bernays Propaganda, Looming, Nephrons, Wilt Candy

1959994_270331316469363_2017467838_nTonight it’s time to get off your computers and come out to Black Sheep for a good show. This show will feature Bloomington, Indiana folk punk band Ghost Mice. Ghost Mice features Chris Clavin of Plan-It-X Records, who has been to Black Sheep a number of times before. Ghost Mice will be on tour with Bernays Propaganda from Macedonia (that’s a part of Europe). This will be the first time a band from Macedonia has played Black Sheep! Also on this show is Springfield upbeat pop band Looming. Then we have Nephrons, who recently released a brand new album and have not played at Black Sheep for a little while. Opening things up is a brand new Springfield band called Wilt Candy. Make sure you come early to see what they are all about.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at things coming up at Black Sheep.

 

Dumb Fest 2 Passes On Sale

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As the weather outside is getting warmer we know that we are drawing closer and closer to the great big Dumb Fest happening in June. Dumb Fest 2 will be happening June 13th and 14th at Black Sheep, Skank Skates, and Dumb Records. We are very excited about this year’s lineup, which you can find right here. This year the lineup features 38 different bands from 8 different states.

Today we are putting Dumb Fest 2 passes on sale. You can purchase a pass online right here on our big cartel page, or at Dumb Records during store hours. Right now you can get a two-day pass to Dumb Fest 2 for $20. This gets you into both days of Dumb Fest. Yeah that’s $20 for almost 40 bands. We are also throwing in something special to all of you mutants who are pre-ordering this 2-day pass. The first 50 people who pre-order this year will be getting one hand numbered screen printed poster, drawn up by Brian Galecki and printed by Brandon Carnes (pictured above). We will have these in the basement of Dumb Records for anyone who buys a ticket and also at Dumb Fest for those of you who order online. Single-day passes will go on sale later in May, and we will be sure to let you know as soon as that happens.

Again for the full Dumb Fest 2 lineup, go to our Dumb Fest 2 page. You can also find a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here.

Photos: Record Store Day 2014

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This past Saturday was a big day for Southtown. Dumb Records had our first every Record Store Day, there was a total of three shows at Dumb and Black Sheep where 13 bands played, and we welcomed a new business (Empire Board Shop) to the Southtown neighborhood. We want thank everyone who came out or participated in Record Store Day and for making it a success. We look forward to an even bigger Record Store Day next year. We did manage to capture a few pictures of that day, which you can find a few of above and below. Also head over to the Black Sheep flickr page, where you can find more Dumb photos on our Dumb Records flickr album.

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Tonight at Black Sheep: F///\\\M, Sons Of Hippies, Meredosia

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Tonight at Black Sheep we have a short and sweet three-band show. Sounds like a perfect event for this beautiful spring day. Tonight we have the new Springfield solo project that everyone has been raving about, MUCK///\\\\FOUNTAIN. Prepare to be splashed by his fountains of muck. Other than that we have the touring band Sons Of Hippies coming from Florida. You can check out one of their hit music videos streaming below. The third band, who will probably going on first is Meredosia. Meredosia is a Springfield post-rock band that recently released some new music.

The show tonight is going to be 7:00 pm and $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at other things coming up at Black Sheep.

Bernays Propaganda (Macedonia) playing BXS Sunday

pizzaListen up, there’s a super cool band that has been added to the show at the Sheep on Sunday called Bernays Propaganda, coming all the way from Macedonia! Bernays Propaganda is composed of activists that believe in the destruction of illusion created through the media. Here is a quote from their page on bandcamp.

Today the messengers seem to act not only as a means of informing, but also as the creators of all seduction, manipulation and mind-control that make us more insensitive to problems that surround us, meanwhile packing their own pockets with cash only to bring fast-paced entertainment to our homes. These are the situations and moments that Bernays Propaganda, appropriately named after Edward L. Bernays, the inventor of PR and all subsequent mediapowered destruction, seek to evoke and rebel against. 

This band is named after Edward Bernays, who was an individual known as being the “father of propaganda” and being the instigator of mass public manipulation on the grounds that people are naturally irrational and dangerous and therefore need to be “occupied” or controlled. These people are fierce- it’s seriously rad that they’re coming to Black Sheep. Their tunes will lift you, wake you up and inspire you to MOVE! Get excited get excited get excited.

They won’t be the only ones playing at the show on Sunday, there will also be the super fly band Ghost Mice (featuring Christ Clavin from Plan-It-X Records). Our ever beloved Looming will be playing too, as well as the fine fellas in Nephrons. ALSO- there is a new band playing! They are called Wilt Candy. Their folk tunes are sure to be rad. Come to this show! Here’s the facebook event, fine people. Bring food and check out the other shows coming up, because there are ALOT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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June 28th at Black Sheep: The Complaint Line, Acker, My Dad, Animal Faces, Reaching Right

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Look at this cool show happening on Thursday, June 5th! This one will feature three touring bands and two locals. For this show we have Springfield rock band The Complaint Line. That name might sound familiar because The Complaint Line will be playing the Black Sheep Cover Show on May 16th as The Pixies. Also on this show we have the experimental band Acker from Champaign. Then we have the band My Dad (pictured above). My Dad are no strangers to Black Sheep, they have played here two times before in the past couple of years. You may have noticed that sometimes they bring an extra drummer or two. My Dad will be on tour with Canadian band Animal Faces. You can check out some music from Animal Faces below. To round things off we have the Jacksonville pop-punk band Reaching Right playing this show.

This one will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5, like most other shows. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.