Monthly Archives: June 2016

Lineup for Downhome Music Festival Announced July 29th + 30th

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It looks like downtown Springfield music festival Downhome Music Festival have finally announced their full lineup for this year. Here is the lineup for the festival, happening downtown this year on Friday and Saturday July 29th and 30th:

Old Shoe
Nil8
Deep Hollow
They Came in Droves
Fire Hot Opera
Fireside Relics
Josh Catalano & TDT
Owen & Dooley Present…
Western Empire
The Timmys
Hospital Job
Love Hogs
Spend It All
Enamel
The Blue G’s
Jesse W. Johnson
John Brillhart
Jeff Cordes
Arlin Peebles
Square of the Roots
Tenika & Carrie Jo
Murder of Crowes
The Station

For more info and links to the other bands, as well as info on how you can volunteer at the festival check out the Downhome Music Festival website. There is also a possibility that Dumb Records will have a tent set up as we did last year. We will try to be keeping our Springfield shows page more updated this summer with shows and festivals happening outside of Black Sheep!

June 24th at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Cellars, Austin Connelly

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Is it too late to squeeze in another show announcement for this month? We hope not. We have a show happening here on Friday, June 24th it looks like to tell you about today. Just three acts on this one, including Our Lady who just got done headlining the first night of Dumb Fest 4-Ever, which was a memorable night. The touring band on this bill is Cellars from Nashville, Tennessee. You can check out a song of theirs streaming below. And then opening things up we have a solo acoustic performance by Austin Connelly of the band Wir Können. Come check that out.

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 for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Along Came A Spider, Roots Like Mountains, Set Fire To Salem, Abyss

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Time to get back into the swing of things with a very full summer full of many many shows. We have a good amount of metal shows lined up for you all this summer, starting with one happening tonight. This show features the metal/post-hardcore band from Cleveland, Ohio called “Along Came A Spider.” They will be coming here on tour with Roots Like Mountains from Colorado, who performed here at Black Sheep early just this year. Stream a track by Roots Like Mountains on the player embedded below. Then we have a couple of local metal acts on the bill, including local metalcore act Set Fire To Salem. Opening things up is the hard rock metal band Abyss.

That show is going to start at 7:00 pm and door admission is $10 this time around. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page with a list of other upcoming shows right here.

Lineup for Black Sheep Fest 2016, August 6th

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timflierprint.jpgNow that Dumb Fest is over, it’s time for us to focus on the one other festival that takes place at Black Sheep over the summer. That, of course is Black Sheep Fest– and this one will mark the ninth year we have put on the fest since doing the first one in 2008. Black Sheep Fest is a celebration of The Black Sheep as an all ages show space in Springfield and also of Springfield local bands. This year we have a lineup of 15 local bands playing:

OUR LADY
GUSH
SAP
LIVIN’ THING
(spot for battle of the bands winner)
THE SUCTION CUPS
EPSOM
THE LOCALS
WOLF LUV
PRYSS
A//S
MOONDEAD
SHARK WEEK
SAY SOMETHING
FILL IN THE BLANK

As you can see, there is a spot for the winner of our Battle of the Bands, which is happening at Black Sheep on July 9th. This year the festival is starting at 2:00 pm and admission is $10. Keep your eyes peeled for more info on a Black Sheep Fest t-shirt contest again this year and other fun news regarding the fest. Check out a faebook event for the fest right here and our Black Sheep Fest page right here.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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Dumb Fest is over, now it’s time for things to settle down just a little bit in Southtown so we can get back to our fairly normal routine at Black Sheep and Dumb Records, if we have anything like that. There are a few new arrivals at Dumb Records this week including a few new and used LPs. Expect some great batches of arrivals coming in the following months now that summer is in full swing. Dumb Records will also be set up at The Horse Show this Saturday starting around noon, come check out our table. Let’s take a look at those operating hours and then jump into the new arrivals:

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

Used LPs
Amy Grant – Straight Ahead
Boz Scaggs – Middle Man
Cliff Richard – We Don’t Talk Anymore
Eddy Arnold – One More Time
John Waite – No Brakes
Julio Iglesias – Mi Vida En Canciones
Kenneth Copeland – The Word
Kenneth Copeland – In His Presence
Kenneth Copeland – The Music Ministry of Kenneth Copeland
Lawrence Welk – Plays His Favorites From That’s Entertainment
Marty Robbins – Country Music
Mitch Ryder – What Now… My Love
The Osmonds – Homemade
Ronnie Milsap – Country Music
Sandi Patti – Lift Up The Lord
Sandi Patti – Sandi’s Song
Tennessee Ernie Ford – World of Pop and Country Hits
Various – Southern Fried Rock

New LPs
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Deftones – B-Sides & Rarities
Garbage – Strange Little Birds
Peter Bjorn and John – Breakin’ Point
Red Hot Chili Peppers = Greatest Hits

Chicago Reader: “Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s Hosts The Finale of Springfield Punk Party Dumb Fest”

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Chicago-based newspaper and new site the Chicago Reader has published an article covering the Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s show that took place this past Sunday as a part of Dumb Fest – “Rock n’ Roll Hardee’s hosts the finale of Springfield punk party Dumb Fest.” The article takes a look at Hardee’s as a venue for punk shows in Springfield and how accepting the management over there has been to this new and interesting partnership with the Springfield punk scene. From the article (written by Sean Neumann):

“This is my first time really listening to music like this,” Neal says. “It’s interesting to see how the kids dress now, because they dress very different. I’ve never seen so many kids with so many holes in their heads.”

You can check out the full article online right here. Also expect a few pictures and videos from Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s and the other Dumb Fest shows to surface on our site throughout the next few weeks!

WOW // THANK YOU!

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We can not thank you all enough for how much of a success this past weekend was with our biggest and best Dumb Fest yet, even with all of the heat and lung tubes! THANK YOU tremendously to all of the volunteers that made this possible (ESPECIALLY the weeks leading up to the fest where we were thrown some curve balls and hospital visits), and of course to all 50 of the bands who performed, and all of the attendees- those in town who maybe checked out the fest for the first time, and those who drove from far and wide. Thank you!

Be on the lookout for a special Black Sheep Fest announcement coming from our site tomorrow. And we’ll see you next year, Dumb Fest!

Dumb Fest 4-Ever Day 3!

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The third and final day of Dumb Fest 4-Ever is here! Yesterday sure was exhausting, but now it’s time to squeeze up every last ounce of energy we have left and rock out this last day of the fest. Today might be the most interesting, with two different shows going on during the day and one at night. First show is kicking off this morning at 11:00 am over at Black Sheep!! Let’s take a look at the schedule for that show first:

WARM BODIES – 2:00
MIGRAINE – 1:25
CHUD – 12:40
PORNO GLOWS – 12:15
THE SUCTION CUPS – 11:30

We hear there will be free Mel-O-Cream donuts over at Dumb Records for the first people out to the show! Then after that’s over with, we’ll be heading over to the great and legendary Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s. Here’s the schedule for that show, starting at 4:00 pm.

NOBUNNY – 6:15
LIVIN’ THING – 5:30
BLEEDING GUMS – 5:00
THE NINE ELEVENS – 4:15

Last show of the day rumor has it there is something going on up in South Town Studio with CHEW, Life As One, and Torture Trend, maybe around 9:00. Once again, check out our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page right here. Also a Dumb Fest 4-Ever facebook event right here.

Dumb Fest 4-Ever Day 2!

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Okay, today’s a big one! The biggest day of the biggest fest! It’s the second day of Dumb Fest 4-Ever, and we have a total of 23 bands playing at both Black Sheep and Skank Skates today, plus a few other surprises. Let’s take a look at that schedule- things start off around noon bright and early. We won’t say which band is playing on which stage.

UROCHROMES – 10:45
MUFF DIVERS – 10:05
GUSH – 9:45
DARK THOUGHTS – 9:20
POOKIE & THE POODLEZ – 8:45
C.C.T.V. – 8:15
THE F.U.F.S. – 7:55
BIB – 7:30
GOON – 7:05
CLOSET BURNER – 6:40
MOONDEAD – 6:15
WILD AT HEART – 5:50
WAVELESS – 5:20
~*~Break~*~
Q – 4:45
86 GEMINI – 4:20
THE COWBOYS – 3:50
CHASM – 3:20
VEIL – 2:50
FAD – 2:30
HUSH – 2:05
LA LOUVE – 1:40
PRYSS – 1:20
SUNK – 12:55
SHARK WEEK – 12:30

There you have it, what a wild day we have planned. Admission to this big giant of a show is $20. There will also be things going on at Dumb Records, a couple of DJ sets at some point during the day by DJ Tariq and BullDagger. Also there’s more rumors about another aftershow happening tonight somewhere possibly featuring The Bug, Wolf Luv, and Crutch. For the full festival schedule, look at our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page. Check out a Dumb Fest 4-Ever facebook event right here.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Denice (Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s)

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With Dumb Fest being right upon us, and us missing the past couple of weeks, The Black Sheep Radio Show has something very special in store for you all today. Today the show will be airing at normal time of 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, and we have special guest Denice Hubbs, manager of THE world-famous Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s. Denice has a lot of big things going on this hot hot weekend, including a car show Saturday and of course a show day 3 of Dumb Fest this Sunday featuring the popular garage rock band Nobunny. We’ll be talking to Denice about the history of Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s and more.

You can turn in to the Black Sheep Radio Show today from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA on your radio dial or wqna.net. Also check out our radio page for a list of a few downloadable episodes of the past.