October 20th at Black Sheep: The Shadows of Knight, Rockford, Tom Irwin

Posted on September 20, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a big show we are announcing to you all this afternoon! Exactly one month from today on Saturday, October 20th we are pleased to be bringing 1960’s garage/psychedelic group The Shadows of Knight to Black Sheep. If you can believe it, this band was formed in 1965 and are originally from the suburbs of Chicago. Original vocalist Jimy Sohns will be performing with the band. They have a good number of albums under their belt, and you ALL know their rendition of the song “Gloria” which you can find on the youtube player below.

We do have two openers on this grand concert and that includes the younger garage group Rockford, and also Springfield legendary musician Tom Irwin. This will be one not to miss! The Shadows of Knight will hands down be the longest running band to ever perform at Black Sheep in our 13+ years as a venue.

This show is happening exactly one month from today. There are ticket pre-orders. Tickets are $12 in advance and you can find a link to purchase them online right here, also they are for sale at Dumb Records at all times. (We have a link to purchase tickets on the sidebar of our home page too). Tickets at the door are $15. The show will start at 7:00 pm. 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 this fall.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Double Grave, Bottom Bracket, Nectar, Kate Laine

Posted on September 17, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s Monday, but we do have a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! This one features three-piece rock group “Double Grave” from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check out their newest EP streaming below to hear what they sound like. This show will also feature Springfield’s own home grown noodle rock emo group Bottom Bracket. And friends from Champaign/Urbana, the wonderful Nectar. You know you can’t go wrong with a lineup like that. Opening things up we have a solo set from local musician Kate Laine.

This one starts at 7:00 pm and admission is a nice $6. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018 Lineup (Show November 16th)

Posted on September 16, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Good morning! Last night names were drawn for Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018 – the fifth year we have ever organized such an event at Black Sheep. For those of you who do not know what band lotto is, willing participants had a week to place their name into a box, and last night names were drawn out in groups of fours and fives at random. It is the task of these randomly selected groups to form together and create a band to perform a show two months from now. That show will be happening on Friday, November 16th. Here are the groups as drawn:

BAND #1:
Brice Jackson
Noah Faingold
Hannah Tolan
Thad Lolling
Phil Rath

BAND #2
Austin Connelly
Zack Karraker
Dennis Chavours
Tater Cronin
Angie Tonucci

BAND #3
Devon Fluelen
Evan Mitchell
Mike Reisinger
Mario Cannamela

BAND #4
Drew Kodrich
Matthew Welchel
Justin Tabatabai
Johari Idusuyi

BAND #5
B.J. Pearce
Samaiyah Williams
Carter Bibb
Brian Galecki
Laura McKinney

BAND #6
Liam Coffey
Jake McNamara
Emily Kunce
Mike Butler

BAND #7
Mateusz Serafin
Dalton McKinley
Jameson Bullock
Matt LaMarca
Nighthawk

There you have it! See any wildcards in there? Again the show is happening exactly two months from now on Friday, November 16th. It starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here.

Black Sheep, Dumb Fest Finalists in The Illinois Times’s “Best of Springfield 2018”

Posted on September 15, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s that time of year again (you know what’s up), once again The Illinois Times are in the middle of gathering votes for their annual “Best Of” series where you get to vote for your favorite local businesses, bands, musicians, and public figures here in Springfield. This year just like every year now for a good number of years, The Black Sheep has made it on a list of finalists for best “small music venue.” Dumb Fest has made it on a list of finalists for “best music festival”. Dumb Records does not fit into any category, sorry. There are also a few band categories this year, although a notable one “best punk band” is not even a category this year, neither is “best all ages band” which have both featured bands frequently playing Black Sheep in the past. We won’t tell you who to vote for for any of these categories, but you can find the link to vote below!

VOTE HERE.

The Illinois Times will be posting their results for their polls in their October 25th issue later on next month. Our own “Best of Springfield Music” poll is ran on this site in December, so look forward to that as a poll that highlights more local bands, shows, and releases for 2018.

Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary Show Tonight

Posted on September 15, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Tonight’s the night! Come out and help us celebrate a whole 13 years of Black Sheep being open as an all ages space in Springfield! We are now a teenager! Tonight is also going to be the drawing for Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018! Come out and experience this magic! At the top of the bill we have Jacksonville-based psychedelic rock band “The Dixie Narcos” who’s album we streamed on our site yesterday. We also have out of town friends Reaver from Alton, IL, who’s music you can find streaming on the player below. Up before that is a new Springfield punk project (this one you can mosh to, yes) called Uncle Sam’s Mutagenic Children. Opening things up we have two rare solo sets – one from Brandon Carnes and another from Jameson Bullock.

This show tonight starts (on time) at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Names for Black Sheep Band Lotto will also be drawn at the end of the night so be sure to stick around for that! Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

The Dixie Narcos: “Neurotic Satanic”

Posted on September 14, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Tomorrow night, The Dixie Narcos (a newer group from Jacksonville, Illinois formed by some members of previous band “Flamingo) will be headlining the Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary show. The band’s debut full length album, Neurotic Satanic came out close to three months ago now and we’ve been meaning to make a post about it! You can find the 15-track album streaming on the player below. Head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can support the band and download the album. The album is also available on cassette over at Dumb Records.

The Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary show kicks off tomorrow at 7:00 pm. Find a facebook event for it right here. There will also be our annual drawing for Black Sheep band lotto at the end of the show.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on September 12, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey-o! It’s another exciting week at Dumb Records (what’s left of it, anyways). The store is located at 1107 South Grand Ave. East and is open every day from noon to 8:00 pm. This week we’ve got a fresh stack of used vinyl hitting the shelves to list off here. Get an even more in depth look at what’s out there on our Discogs page, or just come in the store and look around (hot tip: everything in the store is cheaper than what’s listed on Discogs). Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for the next week and then dive into what’s new:

Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday: noon – 8:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Tuesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
The Allman Brothers Band – The Road Goes On Forever
America – Harbor
Andy Pratt – Andy Pratt
Baja Marimba Band – Baja Marimba Band
Basel Rathbone / Nigel Bruce – Sherlock Holmes Adventures
Billy Idol – Whiplash Smile
Bobby Darin – Oh! Look At Me Now
Bread – Manna
Chi Coltrane – Chi Coltrane
David Crosby – Oh Yes I Can
David Crosby & Graham Nash – Wind On The Water
Don Agrati – Homegrown
Exile – Hang On To Your Heart
Exile – More of the Best of Exile
Exile – Heart & Soul
Exile – All There Is
Exile – Stage Pass
Honeymoon Suite – Honeymoon Suite
Inner Sanctum – When Radio Was King
Frizzell & West – Our Best To You
Jermaine Jackson – Sweetest Sweetest
Joe Sun – Old Flames (Can’t Hold A Candle To You)
J.P. Annadeene Fraley – Wild Rose of the Mountain
Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Men From Earth
Poco – Poco
Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway
Redd Foxx – The Both Sides of Redd Foxx
Richie Furay – Dance A Little Light
Roger Voudouris – Radio Dream
Sneaker – Sneaker
Steve Goodman – Words We Can Dance To
The Van Roekel Sisters – Come Along With Me
Various – Today’s Gold
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
Youngbloods – Rock Festival

Tonight at Black Sheep: Final Order, Stellatone, Schedule One

Posted on September 10, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Tonight! We have a Monday night show going on that will be short and sweet to kick off your work (or school) week. We just have three acts lined up, and all are great. This show features touring band from Hattiesburg, Mississippi (probably featuring members of some Hattiesburg bands that have stopped through before) – Stellatone. The band plays some “interstellar garage rock” which you can check out for yourself on the player embedded below. Also on this show is a new Springfield punk band “Final Order” which has played a couple of shows thus far. Opening things up is a brand new new Springfield project called Schedule One, we we have been told brings in some great noisy psychadelic madness.

This show will go quick! It starts at 7:00 pm and is just $5. Check out a facebook event for this one 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 fall.

Videos: Graveswitcher & MAC at Black Sheep Fest 2018

Posted on September 9, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Look-ee here, today we are bringing you a couple of videos of songs we took from Black Sheep Fest 2018, which happened right around one month ago on August 11th. These two videos are snippets of sets of Graveswitcher and MAC and you can find them embedded below. The MAC song is “Authority” which the band released the official music video and recording for the song last week. Then the Graveswitcher video is of them performing their song “The Toob” and is very movement-heavy, just how some of you like it. (Slam-Cam 2018).

Check out our vids/pics page on our site for a long list of other videos taken over the years at Black Sheep. Also Gordon Chang is an incredible man and took videos of the full sets of nearly every Black Sheep Fest performance, which you can find on his channel right here.

Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018

Posted on September 8, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s that time of year again. The Black Sheep Band Lotto Box is now OUT and alive inside Dumb Records from now until a week from now on Saturday, September 15th when names are drawn.

What is Black Sheep Band Lotto? This will be the fifth year we have held such an event. Willing participants for the next week put their own names into this box. Names are drawn in one week in groups of fours and fives. It is then the task of these groups to get together and form one band to perform one show two months from when the names are drawn. The Band Lotto Show will be held this year on Friday, November 16th.

*Note about the band lotto: putting your name into this box can be a serious commitment – at the very least it means getting together with a group of people at least once a week to write songs and play instruments. Do not put your name in this box if you are not prepared to do that. If you do not know how to play an instrument this means taking on a challenging task of practicing every day! Do NOT put anyone else’s name inside the Band Lotto Box, you will ruin it for everybody!!!

Names are drawn a week from today at the Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary Show. Names will be drawn after the last band is done playing.

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