There are a lot of different events happening today all around Southtown! Today is a big day at Dumb Records for those of you who are fans of cassette tapes, because today is annual International Cassette Store Day! For this day there will be a number of exclusive releases available at Dumb Records, much like Record Store Day. Check out the full list of exclusive releases that will be available on the Cassette Store Day facebook event. In addition to all of the exclusive releases, there will also be sales going on for the whole store which includes 15% off everything new and used in the store, and 30% off all new and used non-CSD exclusive cassettes. Dumb Records will be open today from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm, so be sure to stop by and take advantage of the sales!

Then later tonight there will be a show happening at Black Sheep, being called “Pumpkin Slack”! There will be bands playing as well as some sort of pumpkin painting contest! For this show we have the heavy experimental band, The Black Ops Agency. Before that is a newer Springfield project featuring members of The Black Ops and I’m Dead Inside called The Avant National Guard. Before them is the experimental-jam band Flamingo from Jacksonville, IL which you can find streaming on the player below. Kicking things off will be the rock n’ roll group, Blind Social.

The show at Black Sheep starts at 7:00 pm tonight and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for that one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.