Monthly Archives: May 2016

Tonight at Black Sheep: An Atomic Whirl, Pryss, Kelut, Ceiling Lust

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It’s maybe been a minute since we have had a band come from outside of the country to perform at Black Sheep. Tonight we have a show happening and it features the band An Atomic Whirl coming all the way from Japan. You can check out their music streaming below to hear what they are all about. This show also features a few local bands. We have the hardcore punk band Pryss on the show. We also have Peoria-based screamo band Kelut, who will also be playing Dumb Fest 4 coming up quick here in June. Opening things up we have a new project Ceiling Lust, who will be playing their second Black Sheep show.

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

May 28th at Black Sheep: Livin’ Thing, Animals With Human Names, Sweet Bippy, Shark Week, Blue Parks

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This looks like a pretty cool show happening at Black Sheep on Saturday, May 28th in just a little over ten days. The show is also going to be a clothing drive towards benefiting Black Sheep and our running costs. There are also five local acts performing. That includes the arena rock dress-up jumpsuit costume classic rock band Livin’ Thing. It also includes the solo hip hop project – Animals With Human Names– who will be playing at Black Sheep for the second time. Stream some of Animals With Human Names’s music below. Also on the show is two-man electric ukulele project Sweet Bippy. We also have Shark Week. And opening things up is a solo set by Blue Parks.

The show is at 7:00 pm, but the clothing drive will be happening a bit earlier at Black Sheep, at 5:30 pm and going up until the show. Bring whatever used clothes you want! Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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This week we have all of the used rock records piling into Southtown record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East Ave). The store is doing great and we are continuing to get new arrivals in every week. You can take a look at a list of some of the new stuff in the store this week, but first let’s take a look at those operating hours:

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

Used LPs
38 Special – Tour De Force
38 Special – Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Air Supply – Lost In Love
Alice Cooper – Goest To Hell
Andre Previn – Like Love
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Not Fragile
Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell
The Bob Seger System – Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
Bob Wills – The Best of Bob Wills
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles – Live!
Charlie McCoy – Good Time Charlie
Charly McClain – Surrounded Me With Love
Conway Twitty – Conway’s #1 Classics
David Sanborn – Voyeaur
Dionne Warwick – Finder of Lost Loves
Don Henley – Building The Perfect Beast
Floyd Cramer – Collector’s Series
Foghat – Foghat
Foghat – Live
Frank Knight – I Remember Radio
Grand Funk – Grand Funk Railroad
Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
Hank Williams Jr. – Greatest Hits
Hank Williams Jr. – Greatest Hits III
Hudson & Landry – Right-Off!
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Iron Maiden – Maiden Japan
Jethro Tull – A Passion Play
Journey – Live
Merle Haggard / Willie Nelson – Poncho & Lefty
The Mills Brothers – Sixteen Great Performances
Moe Bandy – Motel Matches
Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ With Disaster
Montrose – Montrose
Noel Harrison – Santa Monica Pier
Pablo Cruise – Reflector
R.E.O. Speedwagon – This Time We Mean It
Ray Price – Ray Price’s Greatest Hits
Ray Price – The Lonesomest Lonesome
Roger Williams – Vertuoso
Roy Clark – Roy Clark’s Family Album
Sam Cooke – The Best of Same Cooke Volume 2
Shocking Blue – The Shocking Blue
Starship – No Protection
Stevie Wonder – Looking Back
Styx – Paradise Theater
Tammy Wynette – Divorce
T.G. Sheppard – Smooth Sailin’
Various – Famous Original Hits By 25 Great Country Musicians
Various – Today’s Super Greats Part-3
Wasp – W.A.S.P.

Black Sheep Open Mic Night Tonight

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It’s been a couple of months since we had our last open mic night here at Black Sheep. Tonight we have one going on, and there are plenty of open spots on it still so come out and claim them! Tonight’s open mic will be the usual setup for open mics at Black Sheep- 15 minute time slots throughout the night from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm. Let’s take a look at the schedule we have now:

10:15-10:30 (open)
10:00-10:15 (open)
9:45-10:00 (open)
9:30-9:45 Kristin Walker
9:15-9:30 Keegan Otwell
9:00-9:15 Ted Keylon
8:45-9:00 (open)
8:30-8:45 Bradford Walsh
8:15-8:30 (open)
8:00-8:15 (open)
7:45-8:00 Spooky Poo
7:30-7:45 Austin Connelly
7:15-7:30 (open)
7:00-7:15 (open)

That’s six acts lined up right now and eight open slots! Come out and claim those slots! The open mic will start at 7:00 pm, and for admission we only ask donations of $1-5 to go to Black Sheep. There will also be a 15% off sale going on at Dumb Records throughout the open mic, and there will also be free coffee at Black Sheep. You can find a facebook event where you can claim more slots right here. Also check out our shows page right here for a better look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

May 27th at Black Sheep: Validation, Dry Heave,

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Coming up at Black Sheep on Friday, May 27th we have a punk/hardcore show to tell you about. This one features the band Validation coming all the way from Seattle, Washington. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. We also have some other familiar punk bands on the bill. We’ve got the Ooey Gooey band Dry Heave coming from Champaign/Urbana (who will also be playing a Dumb Fest aftershow next month). We have the newer femme-groove underwater band Shark Week somewhere in there, and we also have the hardcore stomp band Pryss possibly opening things up.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else will be coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Pytch Wyte, RTJ

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It’s been a minute since we’ve had our last hip hop show at Black Sheep and now it’s time for us to bring some of them back this spring/summer! We have one going on tonight, being put on by some of those affiliated with HISO Music Entertainment. It will feature the local hip hop artist known as Pytch Wyte in what is being callded “The Pytch Wyte Show”. If you are unfamiliar with Pytch Wyte’s music you can check it out on the player below. This show will also feature the artist RTJ who is associated with HISO Music Entertainment.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:00 pm) and admission is $5. No facebook event for this one, sorry! You can check out our shows page (which has been recently updated) for a list of other upcoming shows on our site right here.

May 20th at Black Sheep: Terribly Happy, The Origin Story, Fill In The Blank, Sammy & The Punk, Sonic Comet

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We have a show happening here coming up pretty quick on Friday, May 20th. Sounds like it’s going to be a pretty big show- there are four bands on the flier but a whole seven bands on the facebook event!? “Punk Mosh?!” At the top of the bill we have the band Terribly Happy from the Peoria area. They played here at Black Sheep just last month. Stream some of their music on the player below. Also on this show we have the Lincoln/Central Illinois based ska punk explosion band The Origin Story, who also recently played here at Black Sheep. Before them is Fill In The Blank, who we hear have a new CD in the works. This will also be the return of Sammy & The Punk, possibly with a new lineup. And then to round out the bill we have another act from Peoria called “Sonic Comet.”

This show will start early at 6:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

June 20th at Black Sheep: Secret Stuff, Pictures of Vernon, Pretend I’m Not There, Lavender, Shark Week

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Get ready for all of those summer show announcements to start rolling in. This one might be our first post-Dumb Fest show announcement, happening on Monday, June 20th at Black Sheep. This one will feature the return of the Nashville-based emo/alternative band Secret Stuff. Secret Stuff last played at Black Sheep this past January with Run Forever and Our Lady. You can stream some of their new music on the player below. This time around they will be touring with a band from North Carolina called “Pictures of Vernon.” In addition to those touring bands we have BJ Pearce’s solo ambient project- “Pretend I’m Not There.” Also playing is Southern Illinois based shoegaze/alternative project Lavender. Opening things up we have Shark Week.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Dumb Fest ONE MONTH AWAY, Gold Passes On Sale Now

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Wow could you believe it, Dumb Fest 4-Ever is now ONE MONTH AWAY, happening June 10th, 11th, and 12th this year all over Springfield. We are scrambling to get ready over at Dumb/Black Sheep Headquarters and today we are putting DUMB FEST GOLD PASSES up for sale. You can purchase a Dumb Fest Gold Pass online right here or anytime during store hours at Dumb Records (open every day from noon-8pm). What goes a gold pass do? It gets you into all of the Dumb Fest shows except the aftershows, which are $5 each. Gold passes are $25, for a $35+ value. Sounds like a pretty good deal to us. We don’t anticipate any of these shows being sold out, so don’t sweat it too much. But if you do decide to get a gold pass now it will make us feel a whole lot better about this fest coming up and will make us more prepared!

Again Dumb Fest 4 is happening June 10th, 11th, and 12th at Black Sheep, Skank Skates, Dumb Records, and Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s in Springfield. You can find a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here. Also be sure to check out the Dumb Fest 4-Ever page we have set up for a closer look at each band playing the fest. There are 50 bands total this year from 16 different states, and even one from Australia!

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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Plenty of new stuff again this week at Southtown record store Dumb Records! (Located at 1107 South Grand East Ave). This week we have a handful of new LPs and new cassettes, and also a good stack of used LPs. You can check those out below. Don’t forget everything in the store is also 15% off during the Black Sheep Open Mic which is happening coming up on Sunday. Let’s take a look at what hours the store will be open and then get into those new arrivals:

Tuesday (today): noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Sunday (open mic): noon – 9:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm

New LPs
All People – All People
Caddywhompus – The Weight
Matt Wixon’s Flying Circus – About Time
Woozy – Blistered

Used LPs
Paula Abdul – Forever Your Girl
Herb Alpert & The T.J.B. – Coney Island
Herb Alpert & The T.J.B. – Greatest Hits Vol. 2
The Brothers Four – The Big Folk Hits
James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
Petula Clark – Color My World Who Am I
Patsy Cline – Always
Nat King Cole – Love Is The Thing
Ray Conniff – Turn Around Look At Me
Ray Conniff – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Jackie Gleason – Music For Lovers Only
Merle Haggard – Mama Tried
Hudson and Landry – Hanging In There
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra – Today’s Golden Hits
Kris Kristofferson – Border Lord
Jo Jo Gunne – Jo Jo Gunne
The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Hang On Ramsey!
Ramsey Lewis – Dancing In The Street
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gold & Platinum
Roy Orbison – His Golden Collector’s Treasury
Charley Pride – There’s A Little Bit of Hank In Me
Ray Price – For The Good Times
Professional Baseball – The First 100 Years
Jeanne Pruett – Honey On His Hands
Johnny Rivers – Original Hit Recordings
Cat Stevens – Cat’s Cradle
James Taylor – James Taylor And The Original Flying Machine
Randy Travis – Always & Forever
Uriah Heep – The Best Of
Various – The 50’s: Greatest Love Songs
Various – Senior Prome
The Voices of La Salle – Expedition II
War – Outlaw
Dottie West – Country Sunshine
Tammy Wynette – Tammy’s Greatest Hits Volume II

New 7”s
Innards – The Caution Children

New Cassettes
Caddywhompus – Feathering A Nest
Donovan Wolfington – How To Treat The Ones You Love
Glad – Neurotica
Sharkanoid – Have A Great Summer
Various – Community Records Compilation Volume 5