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Best of Springfield Music 2017: Songs

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Here we are with the second part of our three part Best of Springfield Music 2017 series with your top vote songs that came from Springfield bands and musicians in the past year! Nice! We had quite the time going through all of these and adding up the totals (there are a lot of songs out there). Once again, we do not have write-ups for all of these (sorry), just the straight forward results and the embedded songs on bandcamp players below. Enjoy! We’ll return tomorrow with the third and final installment of this series.

1. Bottom Bracket – Bottom Bracket

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2. Telephone Junkies – Monday Morning

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3. Looming – Queen

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4. Stick People – Easier Said

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5. Kate Laine – This Is Not A Test

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6. Prowess – Rat Bastard

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7. Livin’ Thing – Punch Line

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8. Night Night Boy – Ginger Ale

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9. Pryss – Goodnight Alt-Right

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10. Spell Breaker – Superstar

February 8th at Black Sheep: The Complaint Line, The Little Death, Our Landmark, Bottom Bracket

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We have a nice Thursday night treat coming up this coming week at Black Sheep on Thursday, February 8th to get you all pumped for the Super Bowl. This one features all types of alternative rock. We have The Complaint Line headlining the bill from right here in Springfield. We also have the indie-sad rock band from Springfield/Taylorville called The Little Death up before them. This show will feature one out of town act and that is a newer Champaign indie rock group called Our Landmark. You can stream some of their music on the player below. Opening things up this time around is hit #1 2017 album of the year band, Bottom Bracket.

That one will start 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 for a list of shows coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Earthholder, Pryss, Stick People, P.I.N.T., Reaver, Glower

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The one show happening at Black Sheep is tonight, and looks like it is going to be good! For this one we have Danville, Illinois post-rock band Earthholder headlining the bill. Check out their music streaming on the player below. We also have hardcore band Pryss giving this show a nice mix. Before that is Taylorville heavy hitting grunge band Stick People. Then before we are going to close our eyes and Pretend I’m Not There. Before that is two-piece or three-piece new Springfield band Glower. And opening things up or going early on is another out of town band and that is Reaver from St. Louis.

This whopper of a show will start promptly at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. 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 in the coming months.

Best of Springfield Music 2017: Albums

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Here we are in 2018, already into February and we are just now getting you the results of our 2017 best of polls right now. We are really sorry, we really are. We don’t event have write ups for all of these. Today we are delivering the results for the top ten voted albums or releases that came out of Springfield in 2017, as voted for on our site in December. If you tune in to the Black Sheep Radio Show today from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, we will be featuring songs from this list. Find the list of top ten albums below!

1. Bottom Bracket – Dreamland EP
(recorded at Southtown Sound, self-released)


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2. Looming – Seed 
(recorded by Brandon Carnes, released by No Sleep Records)


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3. Telephone Junkies – Monday Morning
(recorded at Southtown Sound, self-released)


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4. Stick People – Lips
(recorded at Southtown Sound, self-released)


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5. Prowess – EP
(recorded at Southtown Sound, released by Prescience Tapes)


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6. Livin’ Thing – The Godhead EP
(recorded at Dumb Records, released by Rat King Records)


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7. Food & Money – 1979-1982
(recorded 1979-1980, released by Alona’s Dream Records)


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8. Kaite Laine – Recurring Dream
(recorded at Southtown Sound, self-released)


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9. Attic Salt – Attic Salt
(recorded at Capital City Recording, released on Dodgeball Records)


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10. Kabass – Warrior Within EP
(self-recorded, self-released)

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11. Pryss – Sisyphus
12. Spell Breaker – Spell Breaker
13. Animals With Human Names – The Basement Tape
14. Abyss – Dreadnought
15. Tom Irwin – All That Love
16. Lick Creek – EP
17. Vincent Sebastian – A New Rhode
18. Animals With Human Names – The Studio Tape
19. Eric Marvel – What A Disappointment EP
20. Nefarious Cloud – Resurrection 

The Little Death: “Concrete” Music Video

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New Springfield band The Little Death have released a new music video for their song “Concrete.” You can check that out on the player below. The band has also released four songs including this one on their bandcamp page all this month, which you can check out online right here.

The Little Death features members of former Springfield band Fill In The Blank. Their next show is coming up soon at Black Sheep on Thursday, February 8th! We will have a separate announcement post up soon for that show. Check out more music videos from Springfield bands of the past on our vids/pics page.

February 3rd at Black Sheep: Earthholder, Pryss, Stick People, P.I.N.T., Reaver, Glower

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Okay! Now that we have our shows page back up to date it’s time to start knocking out all of these show announcements for the coming months. This one is in February but it’s almost one week away – on Saturday, February 3rd. Someone let B.J. put six bands all on one show? For this one we have Danville, Illinois post-rock band Earthholder headlining the bill. Check out their music streaming on the player below. We also have hardcore band Pryss giving this show a nice mix. Before that is Taylorville heavy hitting grunge band Stick People. Then before we are going to close our eyes and Pretend I’m Not There. Before that is two-piece or three-piece new Springfield band Glower. And opening things up or going early on is another out of town band and that is Reaver from St. Louis.

This whopper of a show will start promptly at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. 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 in the coming months.

Friday, January 26th at Black Sheep: Acoustic Potluck

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Hi, hello. We have been terrible with our show announcements on this site recently. Really starting off 2018 real great over here!! None the less, we want to make sure we tell you about what we have coming up at Black Sheep this weekend more late than never. This Friday, January 26th we have an acoustic potluck show happening inside of our space. For this one we have Bloomington/Normal singer songwriter Hannah Songer who also goes by “Heck!” Nice. We also have Devin Williams and Zach Eymann performing as a duo. Up before them is acoustic solo act Alec James. Alec has once played inside Dumb Records for the first ever free record day last year but not yet inside Black Sheep. Check out some of Alec’s music on the player below. We also have another up and coming solo artist from here in our city, Whitney Devine. Opening things up Clare Frachey will be performing a solo set under the new name of “Clementine”.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. The flier says to bring food! Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also look at what else we have coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Free Kittens & Bread, Rockford, Sadface Killer, Spell Breaker, Vagabonds

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Amazing! Welcome to the weekend! We have quite the show happening at Black Sheep tonight featuring five outstanding acts. You won’t want to miss it. Tonight we have the Austin, Texas indie emo outfit playing at our space for the third ever time called “Free Kittens & Bread.” If you forget what they sound like or didn’t catch them the first two times around, you can stream some of their music on the player below. We have hit local band Rockford also on the bill. Then we have an emo band called “Sadface Killer” coming from neighboring city Peoria, Illinois. Springfield dream garage band Spell Breaker are also on the bill. Then opening up, or going early on in the lineup is a solo act all the way from Grand Rapids, Michigan called Vagabonds.

This show is starting promptly at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. We will also be updating our upcoming shows page on our site at some point today, we promise!

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Master Bastard, Puff Puff Poseidon, Bermuda Triad

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Yes, there IS a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! Sorry we really have not been on top of things as far as getting our show announcements out! This one tonight is a three band show featuring a few acts from our Battle of the Bands this past fall. At the top of the bill is the winner of the judges voting who is actually finishing up recording at Southtown Sound – Master Bastard. Nice! We also have the return of Decatur-based jammy band Puff Puff Poseidon. Stream a song of theirs on the player below. Opening things up we have “funky hip hop jams” from Bermuda Triad.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. We are going to be working on our shows page and getting that updated in the next few days, we promise!!

Today + Tonight at Dumb Records: 4 Year Anniversary + Free Record Day

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It’s time for that wonderful annual holiday that we invented last year at Dumb Records – Free Record Day. That’s right, Free Record Day has already kicked off over at the record store (1107 South Grand Ave. East) and will be going on until 10:00 pm tonight. If you walk into the store at any point today you will get handed a free record, no if’s, and’s or butt’s about it.

In addition to free record day, there will also be an in-store show to go along with the anniversary at 7:00 pm. For that we have three acts performing. We are going to do our best at squeezing in the Southtown Livin’ Thing Band inside the record store for the first time and see how it goes! Be sure to bring a helmet for that one. We also have two touring musicians on board. This includes our friend Jared Grabb – solo folk artist from Peoria, Illinois that just recently had a new record come out. Stream some of that on the player embedded below. Jared will be on tour with Brett Conlin who will also be performing.

Dumb Records will be open on Thursday from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. The show kicks off in the evening at 7:00 pm. Find a facebook event for all of this right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep / Dumb Records in the new year.