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Tonight at Black Sheep: Better Friend, Prowess, Oversleeping, Heck

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It’s one rainy weekend going on in Springfield, and we’ve got this show lined up! Slap on your boots, grab your umbrellas, and come out to this gig. Tonight we’ve got Lincoln, Nebraska post-hardcore band Better Friend. Let them be your better friend and listen to their music on the player embedded below. We’ve also got Springfield punk band Prowess on board, who also just played here last weekend. The other out-of-towner on the bill is Oversleeping from the St. Louis area. Opening things up may or may not be Hannah Heck… there might be a rumor that she is unable to play tonight and there might be a replacement artist opening things up.

All of that starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $7! 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.

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September 17th at Black Sheep: Double Grave, Bottom Bracket, Nectar, Kate Laine

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It’s another show! This one is happening in exactly ten days on Monday, September 17th 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.

Starter Jackets: “Decisions”

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There is a lot of new Springfield music that has been coming out that we have been trying to keep up with! Here’s a brand new full length album that came out last month  by Springfield pop punk group Starter Jackets. The album is called Decisions and you can find it streaming on the player below. The album was recorded right here in Springfield by Luke McNeil of Capital City Recordings. It is being released on Rad Girlfriend Records based out of Ohio. Head over to the band’s bandcamp page to pay to download the songs.

Starter Jackets will be performing a week from tonight at Bar None downtown along with Bottom Bracket and Evan Mitchell One Man Band. We hear that this might be the physical release show of their album in some form?? You’ll have to stop by the show tonight to find out! (Ages 21+).

We still have a lot of catching up to do, but we are adding this one to the list of Springfield releases for 2018 on our album archive page!

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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Hey there! The week is almost over, but we have a stack of some new records and cassettes coming in at Dumb Records we figured we’d tell you about. The store is located at 1107 South Grand Ave. East and is open every day from noon to 8:00 pm. Let’s take a look at when the store is open this coming week and then get into the new arrivals. Also don’t forget that Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays the store has some super deals going on including half off cassettes, CDs, and even 75% off dollar bin records.

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

Used LPs
Albert King – I Wanna Get Funky
Andy Pratt – Resolution
Aretha Franklin – Aretha’s Greatest Hits
Barry White – No Limit On Love
Billy Taylor – Impromptu
The California Poppy Pickers – Hair-Aquarius
Cate Bros. – Cate Bros.
Chicago – XI
Chicago – 16
Chuck Berry – 20 Greatest Hits
Dan Fogelberg – High Country Snows
Dan Fogelberg – Windows And Walls
Dennis Yost And The Classics IV – Golden Greats Vol. 1
Diana Ross – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Ekseption – Ekseption
Flash And The Pan – Flash And The Pan
Friend & Lover – Reach Out Of The Darkness
The Four Tops – Yesterday’s Dreams
Harry Chapin – Living Room Suite
The Jacksons – Destiny
James Michener – Favorite Music of Hawaii
John Renbourn – John Renbourn
Joe Tex – Bumps & Bruises
Martin Denny – Paradise Moods
Mick Fleetwood – The Visitor
Paul Lavalle – America’s Favorite Marches
The Raiders – Twistin’ The Country Classics
The Rick Furay Band – Rhythm of the Night
T-Connection – Magic
Tom Chapin – Let Me Back Into Your Life
Various – Styled Just For You

Used Cassettes
Air Supply – Greatest Hits
Alias – Alias
April Wine – Power Play
Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
Cinderella – Long Cold Winter
Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
Def Leppard – Pyromania
Eurythmics – Touch
Journey – Escape
Styx – Kilroy Was Here
Warrant – Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
ZZ Top – Eliminator

Activator Issue #4 (September 2018) Available (for Free) at Dumb Records

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We felt it worth mentioning that a few days ago we were freshly stocked with the fourth (yes, fourth can you believe it?) issue of Springfield new music magazine “Activator” for September 2018. This issue is packed with interviews, writeups, show calendars, comics and more. Featured on the cover is a piece written by Scott Faingold which serves as a fan memoir to the band Yo La Tengo. Also included is an update on Springfield local hip hop this summer, an interview with local hip hop artist / musician Cornbread, an interview with hip hop artist Meezy Killafield, a guide to Pygmalion Music Festival happening this month in Champaign, a comic drawn by Mike Resigner, and much much more.

Activator can be picked up for free at Dumb Records any day during store hours (noon-8pm).

September 10th at Black Sheep: Final Order, Stellatone, Schedule One

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Here’s an interesting show happening just one week from today at Black Sheep! This one is happening on Monday, September 10th. 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.

MAC Release New Song + Video “Authority”, EP Release October 6th at Brewhaus

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Good morning! Today we are bringing you a brand new song and video from the new Springfield punk band band MAC – the band has a brand new EP coming out later this fall that they recorded here in Southtown up in the studio with Mike Butler as engineer. The song is called “Authority” and you can find it on the youtube player embedded below. Shots from the video were taken at Black Sheep Fest 2018 which took place last month. The band’s EP is called “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.”

The band will be hosting an EP release show at Brewhaus downtown on Saturday, October 6th. More info on that show can be found right here.

September 8th at Black Sheep: Better Friend, Prowess, Oversleeping, Heck

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Are you ready to hear about the next show going on at Black Sheep? Here it is, happening next Saturday on September 8th. We have the band Better Friend coming from Lincoln, Nebraska. To hear what they sound like, check out that player embedded below. Also on this show is Prowess, who literally just played a show here two nights ago (gosh)! Can we get enough Prowess??! Also on this bill is St. Louis emo project “Oversleeping“. Opening things up is the music of Hannah Songer aka “Heck“.

Things start at Black Sheep Saturday at 7:00 pm. Admission for this one is $7. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a list of other shows coming up at Black Sheep this fall!

Black Sheep Has An Instagram

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Look-ee here! Here at Black Sheep / Dumb Records headquarters we recently decided to launch a new Instagram page for The Black Sheep. It’s about time we get with the times, right? Before we had lumped all of our content onto the Dumb Records Insta page – and don’t worry that page isn’t going anywhere. We felt that it would be beneficial to launch a more “official” separate page for The Black Sheep to get the word out more about upcoming shows, and also have an Instagram account that is more integrated with this website (which we plan on posting a lot more regularly this month)! Give that new Black Sheep page a “follow” right here. If you are a fan of a lot of “stupid” and/or “dumb” content, don’t forget to check out the Dumb Records twitter page from time to time.

Rockford: “Briarcliff EP”

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Okay yes, we are three months late on this one but we are scrambling to get caught up sharing all of this great local Springfield music with you that has been recently coming out!! Earlier this summer Springfield indie/garage rock band Rockford dropped this five-track Briarcliff EP recorded and engineered by Kyle Noonan and Southtown Sound. You can stream those tracks on the player below. Also head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can download the album at your own price.

Rockford does not have any shows lined up at Black Sheep at the moment, but be on the lookout for some very soon. We are working on still updating our Springfield album archive page to be caught up with 2018 soon, we promise!