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New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s another week in Southtown record store Dumb Records, and things are going very well for the store after a very successful record store day a couple of weekends ago. The used LPs are still piling into the store, and we’ve got a good selection this week. Expect some new LPs to start coming in soon! We’ll take a look at what’s new this week, but first here are the store’s hours:

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

Used LPs
The Amboy Dukes – Migration
Art Garfunkel – Watermark
The Band – Rock of Ages
The Band – Northern Lights – Southern Cross
Belinda Carlisle – Heaven On Earth
Billy Joel – The Bridge
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
Bob Welch – Three Hearts
Bob Welch – The Other One
The Buckinghams – Time & Changes
Burton Cummings – Burton Cummings
Carly Simon – No Secrets
Chicago – 13
Chick Corea – Septet
Clarence Clemons – Hero
Climax Blues Band – Flying The Flag
Cream – The Very Best of Cream
Crosby, Stills & Nash – CSN
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
David Clayton-Thomas – David Clayton-Thomas
Dean Martin – Dean Martin Country
Depeche Mode – People Are People
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down (Single)
Edgar Winter’s White Trash – Roadwork
Elvis – Clambake
Elvis – Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis – TV Special
Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Goodbye Cruel World
Eumir Deodato – Love Island
Felicia Sanders – …A Certain Feeling
Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees
The Flock – Dinosaur Swamps
Flock – Inside Out
A Flock of Seagulls – The Story Of A Young Yeart
Free – Best of Free
Grover Washington Jr. – Reed Seed
Harvey Mandel – The Snake
Harvey Mandel – Shangrenade
Herbie Hancock – Feets Don’t Fail Me Now
Herbie Mann – Super Mann
Ike & Tina Turner And The Ikettes – Come Together
Jackson Browne – Layers in Love
Jefferson Starship – Winds of Change
John Cougar – Nothin’ Matters And What If It Did
John Miles – Stranger In The City
John Waite – Mask of Smiles
Johnny And Edgar Winter – Together
Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
Joni Eareckson – Joni’s Song
Journey – Departure
Kim Carnes – Voyeur
Leo Sayer – Living In A Fantasy
Les Dudek – Say No More
Liberace – My Parade of Golden Favorites
Linda Ronstadt – A Retrospective
Maria Muldaur – Waitress In A Donut Shop
Michael Stanley Band – North Coast
Michael Stanley Band – You Can’t Fight Fashion
The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
Nick Gilder – Frequency
Nitzer Ebb – Murderous
Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake – Small Faces
Paul Simon – Paul Simon
Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor
Faj Kapoor – Awara
Red Foley – Souvenir Album
Ricky Nelson – More Songs By Ricky
Ricky Nelson – Rick Is 21
Richard Torrance – Bareback
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Robin Trower – Bridge of Signs
Robin Trower – Long Misty Days
Rod Stewart – Absolutely Live
The Rolling Stones – Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)
Sadao Watanabe – Orange Express
Sandi Patti – Love Overflowing
Santana – Festival
Scorpions – Tokyo Tapes
Seals & Crofts – I’ll Play For You
Simply Red – Picture Book
Spandau Balley – True
Spirit – The Family That Plays Together / Feedback
Stanley Clarke – I Wanna Play For You
Stephen Stills – Down The Road
Streetwalkers – Red Card
Styx – Kilroy Was Here
Sweathog – Sweathog
Sweet Comfort Band – Breakin’ The Ice
Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
Traffic – Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
Triumvirat – Illusions on a Double Dimple
Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry
Various – The Whole Burbank Catalog
Wham! – Music From The Edge of Heaven
Wham! U.K. – Fantastic
The Who – The Story of The Who
Wynton Marsalis – Hot House Flowers

New Cassettes
Gutterpriest / Apostate – Salvation Is False Hope
Emasculate Regression – Technology Is Simple Philanthropy

Theatre Troupe Production May 19-21st CANCELLED

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We are sorry to be bringing some bad news here at the beginning of the month and we did have some exciting things planned with The Absurdist People’s Theatre Troupe, but unfortunately due to some unforseen circumstances that theatre troupe’s production of August Wilson’s Gem of The Ocean is being cancelled. The production was going to be held at Black Sheep May 19th, 20th, and 21st. Follow The Absurdist People’s Theatre Troupe on facebook to see if any more information is available later on about any sort of rescheduling or any later projects being planned.

Our shows calendar has also been updated.

Boon: “1st Street”

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Earlier today we delivered a brand new band page on our site, and here is some brand new Springfield music from the band boon! Boon hasn’t been too active playing shows in recent months, but they have been hard at work with some new material which has been released recently. The band has released 1st Street – their third release and first since putting out the Southtown EP three years ago in 2014. Stream that new boon on the player below. There are also a few remaining CDs of this available for free inside Dumb Records, and you can head over to the band’s bandcamp page to download the tracks for free.

Boon does not have any live shows lined up as far as we know.

New Band Pages: Weeping Iniquity

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Hey it’s the beginning of the week, and also the month of May so we better kick off the month right and start delivering you more fresh local music content right here on our site. Today we have a brand new page up on our site for the local project Weeping Iniquity. If you head over to the newly created page right here you can check out some new music from the project and also learn a thing or two more on what it’s all about. Weeping Iniquity will be performing at Dumb Fe5t on Saturday, June 10th just a little more than one month away! Related project Gutterpriest will also be doing a special set during our cover show on Saturday, May 13th.

Check out any of our 65+ band pages right here on our current bands page. Do you play in a local band or project that has not set up a page with us? Get ahold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you on setting something up!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Tang, Letters from The Schumann Resonance, End Times Trio, Timothy Russell, P.I.N.T.

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Yes, we do have a show happening at Black Sheep tonight! Join us for a night of noise, ambience, jazz, and other stuff. Tonight we have 5 projects performing all local to Springfield. This includes the wild and noisy avant guard act T.A.N.G. who we have not seen performing at Black Sheep in a minute. Also a few ambient acts, including the debut of a project with the long name of “Letters from the Schumann Resonance.” Timothy Donavan Russell will be bringing the ambience to The Black Sheep stage as well- Timothy actually just came out with a new album called “Biosphere” that you can check out right here. We’ll have a separate post for that shortly. It’s also been a minute, but End Times Trio will be performing at that one. End Times Trio is the free jazz project featuring professor Richard Gilman-Opalsky who gave a talk and book release at Black Sheep at the start of this year. Looks like things for this one will be opening up with Pretend I’m Not There who’s music you can stream on the player below.

This show will start early at 6:00 pm since there is so much packed in to one night and admission is $5. Check out an event page right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to take a closer look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Stereo Static, Charlotte Berg, Stick People, Marble Teeth

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Hey check it out! Tonight we are having a show inside Black Sheep. Tonight we have Charlotte Berg– indie pop singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee coming to Black Sheep to perform for this one. Then we have supporting local act and alternative rock band Stereo Static also on the bill. Since we’ve announced the show two acts have been added. That includes “Stick People” formerly known as Stems, playing their first gig on the Black Sheep stage with the new name. Also Marble Teeth from Decatur, Illinois will be joining us as well.

This show 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 this spring.

Black Sheep Open Mic Tonight

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Hey guess what! We just had an incredibly successful Record Store Day at Dumb Records yesterday and we are ready to keep things rolling in Southtown with this open mic happening inside Black Sheep tonight. The open mic will be going from 7-10pm and we don’t really have any open slots open right now, but if you would like to perform still come out and we will see if we can work something out! Here’s what we have lined up:

9:45 – 10:00 Bernie Flesch
9:30 – 9:45 Keller Carter Walsh Jazz Trio
9:15 – 9:30 Keegan Otwell
9:00 – 9:15 Logan Welliver
8:45 – 9:00 Nefarious Cloud
8:30 – 8:45 Austin Connelly
8:15 – 8:30 Kiki Walker
8:00 – 8:15 The Little Death
7:45 – 8:00 Archie
7:30 – 7:45 NYR (spoken word)
7:15 – 7:30 Cadclown aka Bomb Jr.
7:00 – 7:15 Bring on the Fall

Nice. We’ll be taking donations of anywhere from $1-5 at the door for Black Sheep. Also everything inside Dumb Records is 20% off during the event. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also check our shows page for a list of what else is coming up in Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Good Times & Company: “A Louder EP”

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Springfield rock and roll group “Good Times & Company” have recently dropped a brand new 3-track EP that they have been giving out for free online called A Louder EP. Free downloads of the EP are available on the band’s website by following this link. Nice. You can also stream one of the songs off of the new EP on the youtube player below.

Good Times & Company released a six-track album/EP called Different Things last year. They have no live shows lined up on their site right now, but follow them on facebook to stay in the loop on any upcoming Good Times & Co shows!

May 16th at Radon Lounge: Listener, Jeff Williams, Layers, Milk & Honey

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Our friends over at The Radon Lounge unveiled a pretty big show happening over there on Tuesday, May 16th. This one features big deal spoken word / shoegaze stuff act Listener from Kansas City, Missouri. You can *listen* to some of that *Listener* music on the player embedded below. This show is also exciting because you get to see Jeff Williams of the band NIL8 perform in the Radon’s basement. See Jeff perform NIL8’s hit tune “basement show” in this special setting. Also on the bill is the first ever show for a new project called “Layers” featuring members of Honey//Suck and Pryss. Opening things up is a special set by new downtown grocery store, Milk & Honey!

That show will be starting at the Radon Lounge at 7pm and admission for this one is $10 (yes, it is worth it). Check out the Radon Lounge’s website to inquire about an address. Find a facebook event for this show right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page which is not at all up to date right now.

Record Store Day Today at Dumb Records

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It’s record store day today all across the globe! And the tenth ever record store day at that too! (The fourth one happening since we have been open as a store). Our store is already open! We started today at 8:00 am and will be open until 10:00 pm. We have shelves full of exclusive releases- and you can check out the list of what we have in store for that right here. DJ Tariq will be performing in our store from 10:00 am to noon spinning some records for our happy customers.

Then at 1:00 pm we will be having a free in-store show with three acts. That will start with MLR featuring Luct Melod. Then Skunkworks from Jacksonville, Illinois will follow. And last we have The Young Eyes from Hillsboro, Illinois playing some sweet psychedelic indie rock. Check out their new record (which is available at Dumb on vinyl) below.

In addition to all of the exclusive releases, all non RSD items in the store are 15% off. And that about covers it!  Find a facebook event for Record Store Day at Dumb right here, and also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.