Tonight at Black Sheep: Southtown Sound One Year Anniversary

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How’s it going everyone? Tonight is a pretty special night going down at Black Sheep and Southtown – tonight we are celebrating one year of Southtown Sound in operation. There are a whopping six bands performing tonight all as a showcase of bands that have recorded in Southtown Sound over this past year. At the top of the bill is the bottom bracket, Bottom Bracket. They released a five-song self titled EP recorded at the studio last summer. We also have Ghoul Jr. from Champaign. The band recorded a four song release in the studio last year, which you can find on the player below. Before them is Taylorville’s own Stick People. You know you love them. Monterrey from North West Indiana is also playing who also recorded in the studio this past year. Spell Breaker is also playing – the Springfield band that has evolved and grown so much over the years with a very unique sound of their own. Opening things up is Rockford – a band that has recorded in the studio but has not yet released any recordings!!!

That’s six bands tonight- all starting at 6:30 pm and for an admission of $6. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at other things coming up at Black Sheep this spring?

 

New Arrivals This Weekend At Dumb Records

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It’s been a minute since we’ve let you know of any new arrivals pouring into Dumb Records (and trust us, there have been a LOT)! The store has been getting stocked with plenty of used LPs, CDs, and cassettes recently on top of getting a brand new paint job and new look this past weekend. You should stop in this weekend and see for yourself! And also be sure to come out to Record Store Day on Saturday, April 21st in just a little over a week. We’ll have a separate post up very soon for all of the new arrivals we expect to be getting in for that day. More info on that day right here. Let’s take a look at the store’s operating hours from now until Record Store Day and then get into the new arrivals:

Friday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm
Tuesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday, April 20th: noon – 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 21st (RSD): 8:00 am – 9:00 pm

Used LPs
Admiral Bailey – Born Champion
Arthur Rubinstein – Rubinstein Plays Brahms
Bert Kaempfert – April IN Portugal
The Box Tops – Super Hits
Bruno Walter – Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Bruno Walter – Bruno Walter Conducts Mahler
Bud Shank – Windmills Of Your Mind
Bud Shank Quartet – Jazz At Cal-Tech
Carmen McRae – Live At Sugar Hill San Ferancisco
Carlos Montoya – Plays The Flamenco Fire Guitar
Charlie Shavers – Gershwin, Shavers and Strings
Doc Evans / Knocky Parker – Reminiscing In Dixieland
Eddie Burleton’s Rompers – Unexpurgated Jazz
Eric Clapton – Clapton
Gaite Parisienne – Les Sylphides
George Harrison – The Best of George Harrison
George Shearing Quintet – And Evening With The George Shearing Quintet
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Pacific Jazz Series
Ghost – Meliora
Harry Blons And His Band – Dixieland Jazz
Henry Mancini – Dream of You
Herb Alpert – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – The Beat Of The Brass
Isaac Stern – Brahms Concerto
J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding – Trombone For Two
Jimi Hendrix – Hendrix In The West
Joe Howard –Something Smooth
Joe Newman – The Count’s Men
Julius Wechter And The Baja Marimba Band – Those Were The Days
La Pisanella Pizzetti – La Boutique Fantasque
Lainie Kazan – Lainie Kazan
Les Brown – Dance With Les Brown
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Di Black Petty Booshwah
Loring (Red) Nichols And His Band – Syncopated Chamber Music
Lou Donaldson – Back Street
Miliza Korjus – Queen Of Melody
Miliza Korjus – Night In Vienna With Johann Strauss
Momentum – Herbivore
Morgana King – With A Taste Of Honey
Penny Lane And Time – Kai Winding
The Pretenders – Get Close
Quicksilver – What About Me
Red Rider – As Far As Siam
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Sam Price and His Kay Cee Stompers – Barrelhouse And Blues
Sick Tired – King Of Dirt
Sophia George – Girlie Girlie
Spanky And Our Gang – Like To Get To Know You
The Squads of Hearts – The Squads of Hearts
Various – College Jazz Sampler
Various – Riverside Dixieland Sampler
Various – Bethlehem’s Grab Bag
Various – The Blues Project
The Wailers – Burnin’
Whips / Chains – Master / Slave
Woody Herman and the First Herd – Summer Sequence

Used CDs
Black Eyed Peas – Behind The Front
Bloodhound Gang – Use Your Fingers
Brian Setzer – Nitro Burnin’ Funny Daddy
The Cars – Complete Greatest Hits
Clowns For Progress – Clowns For Progress
Da Yoopers – For Diehards Only
Das Klown – Rapid Fire
The Dickies – The Incredible Shrinking Dickies
Dwarves – Thank Heaven For Little Girls
Dwarves – The Dwarves Come Clean
Elvis Costello – The Very Best Of
Frank Sinatra – Sensational Sinatra
Green Jelly – 333
Guttermouth – Puke Balls
Horrorpops – Hell Yeah!
King Missile III – The Psychopathyology of Everyday Life
Misfits – Project 1950
Nekromantix – Dead Girls Don’t Cry
NOFX – 45 or 46 Songs That Weren’t Good Enough
The Rappin’ Trucker – Buck Truck
Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
Road Kings – Road Kings
Sarah McLachlan – Mirrorball
The Screaming Blue Messiahs – Totally Religious
The Smithereens – 11
Social Distortion – Sex, Love and Rock n’ Roll
The Soft Boys – A Can of Bees
Sore Throat – And We Don’t Care
Spike Jones – Spiked! The Music of Spike Jones
Tiger Army – II: Power of Moonlite
Token Entry – The Weight Of The World
Total Chaos – Pledge of Defiance
Tranquil Nights – Nature’s Retreat
T.S.O.L. – Dance With Me
Various – Rise Above
Weezer – Green Album
William Shatner – The Transformed Man

Used Cassettes
Adolescents – Adolescents
Adam And The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier
The Bambi Slam – The Bambi Slam
Beastie Boys – Cooky Puss
Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
The Cramps – RockinnreelininAuckland New Zealand
Crass – Yes Sir, I Will
The Crowd – Big Fish Stories
Dead Kennedys – Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Dirt Track Date – Southern Culture On The Skids
Doug Stone – I Thought It Was You
Dwarves – Blood Guts & Pussy
Elvis Costello – Spike
Elvis Costello – Mighty Like A Rose
Fang – Landshark / Where The Wild Things Are
FEAR – Live… For The Record
Flipper – Cassette Generic Flipper
Fugazi – Steady Diet of Nothing
Gen Z – Kiss Me Deadly
Green On Red – Gas Food Lodging
Killjar – Killjar
The Meatmen – Crippled Children Suck
King Missile – Dog Fly Religion
Lawnmower Deth – The Return of The Fabulous Metal Bozo Clown
The Misfits – Collection II
Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle
Nine Nine Nine – High Energy Plan
Nirvana – Bleach
Operation Ivy – Operation Ivy
Overwhelming Colorfast – Overwhelming Colorfast
Partridge Family – Greatest Hits
Plan B – Cyber Chords & Sushi Stories
Poison Idea – Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
Porno For Pyros – Porno For Pyros
Public Image Ltd – The Greatest Hits, So Far
Queen – Classic Queen
Queen – Hot Space
Queen – The Miracle
Ramones – All The Stuff (And More) Vol. 1
Scatterbrain – Camboogery
Screaming Sirens – Voodoo
Screw – Burning In Water Drowning In Flame
Smash Mouth – Astro Lounge
The Specials – The Singles Collection
The Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut
Surf Punks – My Beach
Supersuckers – The Smoke of Hell
Willie Nelson – What A Wonderful World
Wrecking Crew – Balance of Terror
X – See How We Are
7 Seconds – Soulforce Revolution

Tonight at Black Sheep: “Grind 2 Shine” Hip Hop Show / Contest

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We’re sorry that we have been very behind on updating our calendar and giving you the heads on on everything coming up at Black Sheep – but tonight there is another hip hop show going on and it looks like it’s a contest of sorts! This one is being called “Grind 2 Shine” and it is being put on by “Straight Drop Media” and “Da Midwest Connectz”. It will be some sort of hip hop contest with 10 minute performance slots. We do not know what performers are confirmed for this right now, but we do know that winners will be given radio interviews and a free music video shot by Jay Wills.

That starts tonight at 7:00 pm. Admission is…. $5? We aren’t sure. There isn’t a facebook event for this one either. However you can check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this spring (we are working on getting that updated)!

Black Sheep Annual Art Show This Saturday

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We are about due for another Black Sheep Annual Art show. In fact, we are so due for our annual art show that it is happening this weekend – Saturday, March 31st. It’s all we’ve got lined up for the weekend so be sure to come out and see what we have to offer. The showing will be that day from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, and it’s donation based. The inside of Black Sheep will be filled with art. Here are the artists that will be participating:

Staunzie Grady
Kristin B Walker
Spencer Hughes
Mckenzie Michelle Dukett
Chris Martin
Michael LaFrance
Ab Hilzabeckck
Ted Keylon
Tatiana Renée
Will Redwood
Nickole Middleton
Frank Ray 
Kate Turasky Ridge

Nice. In addition to all of these artists we also have two musical guests – Eric Rogers and Michael Fitzgibbon. Check out a facebook event for the art show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a list of events coming up in Southtown this Spring.

Tonight at Black Sheep: “Talk To ‘Em” (Rap Battle Event)

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It’s been a minute since we’ve had any rap battle events at Black Sheep. Tonight we have a night full of them, presented by The Real Uncanny, DJ Mimic, and Universal Bars. Let’s take a look at who will be going head to head tonight:

Illa vs Mr. Mills
Bobo vs Cashflow
Cari Martel vs Oozie
DP vs Zilla
Teddy Choppin Grams vs C4
Jack D vs T-rifik
Trigga2Tru vs Blacc Dynamite

That’s right. All of that is going down at Black Sheep tonight. The facebook event for this lists a start time as 6:00 pm, but we have a feeling kickoff will more likely be around 8:00 pm. (Sorry). Admission is $15 this time around, but $10 if you subscribe to “Universal Bars” on Youtube. Check out our shows page for what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Thought’s Castle: “Everyone’s Graveyard”

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Today we are bringing you a stream of a brand new Springfield project we don’t know too much about called “Thought’s Castle.” The project released four songs under the title Everyone’s Graveyard on their bandcamp last month. You can stream those songs below or head over to Thought’s Castle’s bandcamp to download the tracks at your own price. Thought’s Castle features at least one member of War Magic. We aren’t sure if there will be any live performances. A 27 minute long track by Thought’s Castle was also released at the very end of last year.

Monday at CFP: Jocko, Pryss, Graveswitcher

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Right after the block of shows that we have lined up at Black Sheep there will be another rare Springfield house show happening at new basement venue “CFP” (we are still not exactly sure what this stands for but right now our best guess is Carter’s Fried Pickles). This one is this upcoming Monday, March 26th. It features hardcore rap-rock band Jocko from Omaha, Nebraska (home of the band 311). Stream that hot new Jocko promo on the player below and get pumped for the gig. Also on this show is Springfield hardcore band Pryss, who also recently dropped a three-song cassette tape. Opening things up is a brand new band featuring Mitch Baker of the band Looming called “Graveswitcher“. This show is also a celebration of Mitchell’s birthday. Be sure to bring a present.

It looks like things will be starting off over at the house at 7:00 pm and you should bring $5 for the touring bands as well as a present for Mitch of the band Looming. If you are not sure of the coordinates of the CFP house, go to the facebook event and ask an admin. Check our Springfield shows page for a list of other shows coming up outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Radiation Risks, Spell Breaker, No Cash Value, Foam Fangers

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Tonight at Black Sheep we have a real treat of a punk show lined up! We have the band Radiation Risks coming all the way from Buffalo New York. Stream some of their music on the player below. They play some real rock n’ roll infused punk with a saxophone. Also on the show before them is Spell Breaker from right here in Springfield. Then we have the second ever Black Sheep performance by the next big thing from Jacksonville, Illinois – the young punk band “No Cash Value“. Opening things up is a performance by a brand new Springfield punk band featuring members of Synzu called “Foam Fangers.”

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to see what else is coming up at Black Sheep this spring.

Black Sheep Cover Show Part VII May 19th? (Call For Bands)

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We’ll admit it, we seem to be dropping the ball a lot of the time around here. We definitely have been dropping the ball when it comes to getting anything together if we are going to put on a Black Sheep Cover Show of any sort like we usually do in the late Spring. We do have a date reserved on our calendar for it – Saturday, May 19th. But we haven’t put any sort of call for bands out there yet.

Do you play in a local band from here that would be interested in performing one cover set, and can get a set of 15 minutes – 1 hour of material down to play two months from now?? We want to hear from you! Get ahold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. If we can’t wrangle up at least three acts to perform a cover show this year in the next few weeks we will have to push the next cover show back to next year.

Glower: EP

 

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Today we are bringing you a stream of the new seven-track EP from Springfield’s very own Glower – recorded up in Southtown Sound and being released today. You can stream those songs on the player below. Also head over to Glower’s bandcamp page where you can purchase a digital download of the release.

The EP will also be available in CD format at the show at Black Sheep tonight featuring Runaway Brother, Bottom Bracket, Glower, and Sadface Killer.