July 8th at Black Sheep: The Easy Mark, Panzys, +A New Band

Posted on May 27, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Our summer show announcements are starting to pour in over here at Black Sheep, and there are shows happening all of the time! This show will be happening on Wednesday, July 8th at Black Sheep. Right now the lineup for this show is just a short three band show! The show will feature the pop punk band from The Quad Cities, Iowa called The Easy Mark. The Easy Mark features members of the band Genovia Forever, who are playing day 2 of Dumb Fest 3-D. Check out some of The Easy Mark’s music streaming below. Also playing this show is the local Springfield punk band- Panzys! And first up on the lineup we have a first ever performance by another new Springfield band. Make sure to come out to this show to catch the new band and the touring act.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what’s coming up in the near future in Southtown.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on May 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

This week at Southtown record store Dumb Records there are TONS of new arrivals in store, including plenty of new and used LPs, 7″s, CDs, cassettes, and also zines. Be sure to stop in the shop sometime this week and see what the store has to offer. Don’t forget that Dumb Records also will buy and trade for new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, or band shirts! The store is open 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm every day and until 9:00 pm on nights there are shows. Let’s take a look at those hours this week!

Tuesday (today): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday: 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Closet Burner – Closet Burner
Good Shade – Good Shade
The Televisionaries – The Televisionaries

Used LPs
ACDC – For Those About To Rock
ACDC – Fly On The Wall
Anquette – Luke Skywalker Recordings
The B-52’s – Love Shack
The B-52’s – Cosmic Thing
Bama – Touch Me When We’re Dancing
The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys – Wild Honey / 20/20
The Beach Boys – Springboard Records
The Beach Boys – Made In U.S.A.
The Beach Boys – Friends / Smiley Smile
The Beach Boys – Be True To Your School
The Beach Boys – Surfer Girl
The Beach Boys – Ten Years Of Harmony
The Beat Farmers – Poor & Famous
Bee Gees – …Live
Bob Marley – Legend (The Best Of)
Braindead – Sound Machine
Bruce Johnston – Going Public
Carl Wilson – Youngblood
The Cate Bros. Band – The Cate Bros. Band
Creedence Clearwater Revival – More Creedence Gold
Dana Clark – New Shoes
Darkworld – Darkworld
Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue
Dr. Hook – A Little Bit More
Eugene Ormandy – Suite From The Nutcracker
Ferrante And Teicher – Snowbound
The Fifth Avenue Band – The Fifth Avenue Band
Fine Young Cannibals – Fine Young Cannibals
Fleshtones – Speed Connection
Helicon – The Four Seasons
Honey Dippers – Volume One
Indigo – Indigo
Jefferson Airplane – Bark
Johnny Cash – The Last Gunfighter Ballad
Johnny Cash – I Would Like To See You Again
Johnny Kay – Night Before Christmas
Mike Love – Looking Back With Love
Nigel Olson – Nigel Olson
No Use For A Name – Live In A Dive
Pat Travers – Putting It Straight
Pepper – Pepper
Peter Pringle – Peter Pringle
Phil Harris – That’s What I Like About The South
Richard Stepp – Holiday Hollywood
Rick Wakeman – The Myths And Legends
Ringo Starr – Ringo The 4^thRobert Palmer – Riptide
Robin Trower – B.L.T.
Savoy Brown – A Step Further
Scorpions – Love At First Sting
Sha Na Na – The Golden Age Of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Sha Na Na – The Night Is Still Young
Sidewinders – Witchdoctor
Sonny James – In Prison, In Person
Surf Punks – Oh No! Not Them Again!
Terence Boylan – Terence Boylan
Tina Turner – Private Dancer
Tomita – Snowflakes Are Dancing
Tommy Bolin – Private Eyes
Ultimix – My Love Is The Shhhh!
U.S.A. Bloodrock – At Last!
Various – Get Rid Of L.A.
Various – The Gift Of Christmas Volume 1
Various – Remember How Great?
Various – Packed In Surf
Various – A Golden Dozen
Various – 25 Hit Tunes
Various – Diamond Jubilee Showcase
Various – Let The Good Times Roll
Waylon Jennings – Ol’ Waylon
Waylon Jennings – Are You Ready For The Country
Willie Nelson – Willie And Family Live
Willie Nelson – Live
Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson – Waylon & Willie

New 7”s
Black Panties – 7”
Blank Spell – Blank Spell
Brain Car – Rock + Roll
Dirty Work – Dirty Work
Flip Shit – Ongoing Rockers
Shoppers / Panzram – Split
Tapehead – The Flexi

New Cassettes
Aweful Kanawful – Brave As Hits
Beastman – Beastman
Bugg – Bugg
Maximum Cock Suckers – Demo
Treasure Fleet – Future Ways
Treasure Fleet – Cocomotion

Used CDs
The Dangerous Summer – If You Could Only Keep Me Alive
Dr. Acula – Below Me!
Various – The Best Of Ska Volume 1
Various – Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 4
Wu-Tang Clan – The Very Best Of Wu-Tang Clan

Tonight at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Aviator, Jessica Knight

Posted on May 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It is a Tuesday night and we have a three-band show happening tonight at Black Sheep! This show will feature the local band Our Lady, who have recently signed to Mayfly Records and are currently working on a new album. For this show we also have the Boston post-hardcore band, Aviator. Our Lady and Aviator toured together this past January. Check out some of Aviator’s music streaming below if you are unfamiliar with the band! This show will also feature a solo performance by Jessica Knight of the band Looming.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

May 28th (Thursday) at Black Sheep: HISO Presents “Spring Bling”

Posted on May 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Coming up very quick at Black Sheep this Thursday, May 28th we have an event happening for fans of hip hop and rap, maybe some dance, and maybe some surprises. HISO Music Entertainment group will be putting on their “Spring Bling” which will feature performances by some of their own artists that are a part of their collective, as well as some of the winners from a recent talent show at Southeast High School. This will surely be an interesting show to catch, and anyone is welcome to come! Check out a video recently shot at Black Sheep featuring some of HISO’s artists right here.

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm on Thursday. Admission is $5. Check out our shows page for a list of all the different types of shows we have coming up this summer.

June 16th at Black Sheep: The Convalescence, Kharybdis, Noesis, Abyss, Hollowed Eyes

Posted on May 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like today we are bringing you news of the first show happening at Black Sheep directly after Dumb Fest (which is just 18 days away) on Tuesday, June 16th. This show will be a metal show featuring some metal bands who have recently played at Black Sheep including The Convalescence from Toledo, Ohio, who played last month back in April. We also have the local metalcore band Kharybdis. You can check out the lyric video for their song “Bloodmoon” below. Before that is the band Noesis playing progressive metalcore from Central Illinois, and before that is Abyss playing metalcore from the Athens area. To top it off we have the Central Illinois deathcore band Hollowed Eyes.

This show will start at 6:00 pm. Admission is $7. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

June 5th at Black Sheep: F///\\\M, Blind Social, Panzys

Posted on May 24, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

After a week of blacksheepspringfield.com taking a break from updates we are back! We want to thank everyone who came out to the Black Sheep Cover Show last night- we will post an update later today of exactly how much was raised. Today we have news of an all local show happening on Friday, June 5th. This show will feature three bands all from Springfield. This includes the solo project of Brandon Carnes, “F///\\\M.” Stream some of F///\\\M’s music below. Also on the show is the three-piece rock group, Blind Social. And opening things up we have the punk band Panzys.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up in Southtown.

Minimum Goal Reached For Project Southtown, Kickstarter Continues

Posted on May 15, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like in just 18 days, the Kickstarter campaign for Project Southtown has reached it’s minimum funding goal of $5,000! This is HUGE news for us because it secures the money that has been donated and guarantees that our project to save some of our history and secure Southtown’s future will continue. Here is a message from George Sinclair owner of Skank Skates:

Hi Everyone, We have made our milestone of 5 thousand dollars which means you get the Perks that you bid on and we get to use the money to establish our non profit Project Southtown!!! This is a BIG Win Win for both of us in that we will be in a position to better serve you, and people can donate their time and money in a tax deductible way to help us all! It took 18 days to get here, and we have 41 days to go. At this rate we would raise another $11,388.88 for a grand total of $16,388.88. With 16K we could do over 3 times the good which means that we would become a non profit, the video tapes would be digitized and available to everyone, the Black Sheep would get upgraded sound and light equipment, the ramp would get a new skin and all the rest of the spaces would get energy efficiency improvements. So if you have already contributed pat yourself on the back and take the night off, and if you haven’t please plan to do so and keep this train on the tracks!

Don’t forget that the $5,000 was a minimum goal of the funding needed for us to take on this new project. Any additional funding will be greatly appreciated and can be used for many things. Another bit of news is that we have recently been granted permission and have submitted the paperwork for the recently torn down lot next to Dumb Records to be turned into a fenced-in community garden. Starting that garden alone will require additional funding. We still have 40 days until the end of our Kickstarter campaign, which you can donate to right here. We will also still be hosting the Black Sheep Cover Show Part 4 a week from this Saturday on May 23rd as a benefit for Project Southtown. Check out more info on that right here.

Since Project Southtown is also secured, we plan on giving out updates on how the project is going and more details on where the Kickstarter funding is going at least once a month. Keep checking back here for more updates!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Ænimus, WRVTH, Shapist, Kharybdis, Noesis, Animus

Posted on May 15, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight is going to be an extremely metal night at Black Sheep as we have a total of six metal bands playing for a deal of $8! This show will feature the technical death metal band Ænimus coming all the way from San Francisco! You can check out one of their music videos below. Then there is the St. Louis progressive metal band called Shapist, who are on Valkyrie Records. Then also touring with is the technical death metal band WRVTH from Northern California. Then we also have a good chunk of local metal bands. We have the metal band Kharybdis, who are making a big comeback as a local metal band since last spring. Also on this show is the Central Illinois-based metalcore band Noesis. And opening things up we have Animus from Taylorville, Illinois.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $8. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out what else is coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

June 29th at Black Sheep: Scalped, Asthma, Diaper Rash, Garter

Posted on May 14, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Time for the summer show announcements to start rolling in! Today we have news of a hardcore show happening on Monday, June 29th here at Black Sheep. For this show we have the San Francisco-based hardcore band SCALPED coming as a part of their big U.S. tour. Stream SCALPED’s new EP on the player below. Then we have a lineup of three great local hardcore punk bands. This includes the mid-tempo Ooey Gooey band Asthma. We also have the thrashy hardcore band Diaper Rash, who have already put out three demos in the short time they have been around. Opening things up is a performance by a newer band called “Garter” featuring members of Nighthawk, Big Storm, and Teen Freak.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission this time around is $7. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Dumb Fest 3-D One Month Away

Posted on May 12, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It may be hard to believe it, but Dumb Fest 3-D is exactly one month away! We have 31 days to get ready for the biggest two-day festival held all year in Southtown! Dumb Fest 3-D features 40 bands from a total of 10 different states on both Friday, June 12th and Saturday June 13th. Bands will be playing at Black Sheep and Skank Skates, and you can also expect activity at Dumb Records and South Town Studio that weekend. For the full lineup of bands playing, head over to our Dumb Fest 3-D page.

If you have not yet gotten tickets for Dumb Fest 3-D, now is the time to do so! Tickets this year are $10 in advance and $15 at the door per day (so $20 for a pass in advance and $30 at the door for the full weekend). You can find passes available at Dumb Records during store hours (open 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm every day), or also online right here. Also check out a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here. This will be the Dumb Fest not to miss!

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