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April 29th at Black Sheep: Tang, Letters from The Schumann Resonance, End Times Trio, Timothy Russell, P.I.N.T.

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We have a whopper of an ambient, noise, and free jazz show going on here at Black Sheep on Saturday, April 29th before this month is done. You’ll have the chance to catch five acts all doing interesting things based out of 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 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.

Southtown Sound Releases Looming Sessions

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The new Southtown recording studio, Southtown Sound, have just today released the full video and audio session they recorded of Looming when they were in town earlier this year. You can check out the video of one of those songs and new one off of an upcoming Looming album below. The song is called “Seed.” Credits for the video and audio go to:

Engineering, Mixing, and Mastering – Kyle Noonan
Assistant Engineer – Mario Cannamela
Directed & Edited by Veronica Mullen
Additional Camera work – Josh Grube & Everchange Productions

Check out the other video recorded for the song “Tried and True” right here. This session was one of the first recorded in Southtown Studio. Since then the Studio has been working on new recordings for Taylorville-based band Stems, as well as a couple others. We’ll let you know when more recordings or video is unveiled from the new studio. To look into booking sessions for your own band, check out the Southtown Sound page on our site.

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Tonight at Black Sheep: Futuro (Brazil), Livin’ Thing, Spell Breaker, Weeping Iniquity

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Tonight is a Monday night and we have a special treat of a show happening! We have the band Futuro coming all the way in from São Paulo, Brazil! Check out some of their music streaming below. Tonight is their last date of their US tour, and we could not be more excited to have them. They also made it to the cover of Maximum Rocknroll for the month of April! Also playing this show is rock n’ roll all stars Livin’ Thing. Then we have the first ever performance of a brand new Springfield band called “Spell Breaker”- featuring Clare Frachey (who’s also got a birthday going on today). We don’t know what they are going to sound like, but we do know that the band features members of the bands SAP and Lincoln’s Tomb. Neat! Opening things up is the industrial darkwave sounds of Weeping Iniquity. Weeping Iniquity will also be releasing a tape at this show!

Things tonight start 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 spring.

The Illinois Times: “The Radon Lounge Keep Concerts On The Down-Low”

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The Illinois Times are on a roll this week with covering things going on in the D.I.Y. music community in Springfield! Here’s another article in this week’s issue on The Radon Louge – also written by Scott Faingold who also wrote the article on Southtown Sound which we posted about earlier today. The Radon Lounge are a Springfield house venue that has been going for a whole five years now, which is a good chunk of Black Sheep’s existence. We have always been supportive of what’s going on over at The Radon and consider them a much needed asset to our community. From the article:

For the past five years, the Radon Lounge has been hosting an impressive variety of local and touring bands, averaging one show per month. However, like a post-millennial speakeasy, anyone wanting to attend a concert at Radon is obliged to contact the venue via email or social media, simply to discover where it’s located. Venue founder Jeff Black, who also books all the talent, explains that this is a matter of neighborly consideration rather than mystique. The reason is simple enough: The Radon Lounge is in fact the basement of his home, located in the heart of a Springfield residential neighborhood.

Check out the full article online right here, or pick up a copy of The Illinois Times at various local businesses around town.

And what do you know, The Radon Lounge also have a show going on tonight at the same time as our hip hop show. Theirs starts at 7:00 pm and features Bonesetters, Blind Social, Eric Marvel, Ian Winterbrauer, Jen Santarelli, and Copper Pot Cooking Studios. More on that show right here.

April 26th at Black Sheep: Charlotte Berg, Stereo Static

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Today we have a show happening at Black Sheep a little over just ten days away on Wednesday, April 26th that is just two acts as of right now. We have Charlotte Berg– indie pop singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee coming to Black Sheep to perform for this one. Check out a video of hers embedded below. Then we have supporting local act and alternative rock band Stereo Static also on the bill. That’s it for right now!

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.

The Illinois Times: “Recording Studio Revamp”

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Southtown is making it into the papers once again! This time it’s Southtown Sound, new Southtown recording studio, making it big and smashing headlines with their recent launch and grand opening. Scott Faingold of The Illinois Times wrote an article about the studio’s launch and re-vamp since Brandon Carnes ran South Town Studio out of the same space. Scott interviews studio spokesperson B.J. Pearce about the new studio. From the article:

“It’s a great day,” said B.J. Pearce, studio manger of Southtown Sound. “We really have a lot going on for us right now.” The newly renovated recording studio located in the building directly behind Dumb Records near the corner of 11th Street and South Grand Avenue had its grand opening on Sunday, March 26, concurrent with the Black Sheep Annual Art Show (See “Art at the Pharmacy and Black Sheep,” IT, March 30). “We’ve done some recording already,” Pearce explained, “but this is the first time we’ve been officially open to the public.”

Check out the full article online right here, or pick up a copy of The Illinois Times at various local businesses around town.

Tonight at Black Sheep: “Koolin’ With The Krew”

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Tonight is the only show we have going on at Black Sheep this weekend until Futuro from Brazil comes to our venue next Monday. Tonight it’s a hip hop show! Check it out. This show is being called “Koolin’ With Da Krew” and features Springfield’s very own “Kool Krew” performing as one of the acts. We are only given two other acts right now. That includes “Tune Venswella” from right here in Springfield and also Nick Da Rula also from here. More acts will be performing as well.

This show will be starting shortly after 8:00 pm. Tickets for this one are $2 in advance and $3 at the door. For advance tickets if you want to save that extra buck, hunt down one of the performing artists or check out that number on the flier above! No facebook event for this one, sorry! You can check out our shows page on our site for a list of what else is coming up this Spring.

Dumb Fe5t Band Announcement #4

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What’s this? Two waves of Dumb Fest bands being announced in one week?? Impossible! Well we just missed a Friday episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show, so we figured we would make it up to all of you fans out there by another ten bands announced for Dumb Fest #5 happening June 9th, 10th, and 11th. Here we go!

JUDY & THE JERKS (Hattiesburg, MS)
THE WAD (St. Louis, MO)
KOWABUNGA! KID (Champaign, IL)
C.H.E.W. (Chicago, IL)
FYC (Indianapolis, IN)
EYE JAMMY (Hattiesburg, MS)
MIRROR MIRROR (St. Louis, MO)
BITE (Bloomington, IL)
TOOMS (Galesburg, IL)

There you have it. For a closer look at which of these bands are playing which of the big stages over those three days and also to see the full announced lineup, head over to our Dumb Fe5t page on our site. This leaves us at 40 bands announced, and 10 more bands to go! Expect one more announcement soon- maybe next week? Nice. Also check out the facebook event for Dumb Fe5t right here. Ticket presales and all of that jazz will probably go up with the last band announcement. Stream some Judy & The Jerks on the player below.

Black Sheep Open Mic April 23rd

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You ready to hear about the next open mic that’s taking place at Black Sheep? This one is happening a week from Sunday on Sunday, April 23rd right after Record Store Day. It’s sure to be a great time. As usual, our open mics are made up of 15 minute slots to be claimed ahead of time or also the day of the show. If you see a slot you would like to take, just post in the facebook event or email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. Let’s take a look at the schedule as of right now:

9:45 – 10:00 (open)
9:30 – 9:45 (open)
9:15 – 9:30 (open)
9:00 – 9:15 (open)
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 (open)
7:30 – 7:45 (open)
7:15 – 7:30 (open)
7:00 – 7:15 (open)

Plenty of open slots! For this we just ask for suggested donations of $1-5 at the door. Also Dumb Records will be having a 15% off sale for everything in the store. Check out a facebook event for the open mic right here, also check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this spring.

Dumb Records RSD 2017 Expected List

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Tonight we are giving you the list of exclusive releases that Dumb Records anticipates getting in store for Record Store Day 2017, happening on Saturday April 22nd.

*NOTE: There is no guarantee that we will have all of the items that we have ordered, and we can not hold any of these exclusive releases for anyone. Items we do get in the store are limited – we only we able to order one or two copies of each release. Dumb Records is open from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm on Record Store Day. All non-RSD items will be on sale for 15% off. More info on what we have going on that day right here.

More info on each of these can be found on the Record Store Day website located here. Images above were taken from the RSD site where they have watermarks on all images to prevent people from flipping records online after being bought from record stores.

We should also take this time to note that we have two other record stores in town that we love and support! Those are Recycled Records and The Elf Shelf downtown, both on Adams street. Recycled Records is also participating in Record Store Day.

Alice In Change – What The Hell Have I 7”
Andre 3000 – All Together Now 7”
Animal Collective – Meeting Of The Waters 10”
Balance And Composure – Slow Heart 7”
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever 7”
Ben Folds – Live In Perth
Biters – Stone Cold Love / Callin’ You Home 7”
Blondie – Long Time 7”
The Cars – Live At The Agora
Cheap Trick – The Epic Archive Vol. One 1975-79
Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV Volume One
The Cure – Greatest Hits
Curtis Knight Feat. Jimi Hendrix – Live At George’s Club
Damnation A.D. – Pornography
Darkthrone – Arctic Thunder
David Bowie – Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles, ’74)
David Bowie – Bowpromo (Boxset)
Dennis Wilson – Bambu
Dillinger Escape Plan – Instrumentalist
Dolly Parton – Puppy Love 7”
The Doors – Live At The Matrix ‘67
Electric Flag – Electric Flag Live!
Elton John – 17-11-70
The Flaming Lips – Onboard The International Space Station Concert for Peace
Fleetwood Mac – Alternate Mirage
Grateful Dead – P.N.E. Garden Auditorium Vancourver, British Columbia ‘66
Hawkwind – Best of the United Artists Years: 1971-1974
Integrity – Humanity Is The Devil
Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live At Jones Beach
Johnny Cash – The Johnny Cash Children’s Album
The Kinks – All Day And All of the Night 7:
The Kinks – Got Love If You Want It 7”
Lou Reed – Perfect Night: Live In London
The Lumineers – Song Seeds
Mad Professor Meets Jah9 – In The Midst Of The Storm
Madonna – Dance Mix
Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
Motorhead – Clean Your Clock
Mungo Jerry – In The Summertime 7”
Neil Young – Decade
Notorious B.I.G. – Born Again
Pearl Jam – State Of Love And Trust 7”
Pineapple Express – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Pink Floyd – London 1966 – 1967
Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive 12” Single
Prince – Batdance 12” Single
Prince – I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man 12” Single
Prince – I Wish U Heaven 12” Single
Prince – Little Red Corvette / 1999 7” Picture Disc
Prince – Partyman 12” Single
Prince – Pop Life 12” Single
Prince – Sign O’ The Times 12” Single
Ramones – 76-79 7”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Go Robot / Dreams of a Samurai
Santana – Woodstock Saturday August 16, 1969
The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 7”
Spoon – Hot Thoughts Record Store Day 12”
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Live at Carnegie Hall
Sublime With Rome – Unreleased Demos 2017
Superchunk – Cup of Sand
Swet Shop Boys – Sufi La
Talking Heads and Wilding – This Must Be The Place 7”
Tegan And Sara – Under Feet Like Ours
Thrice – Sea Change 7”
Todd Rundgren – Utopia Live At The Fox Theater
TOTO – Africa Picture Disc
U-Roy – Dread In A Babylon
Various – Giant Single: Profile Records Rap Anthology, Vol. 1
Various – Function Underground: The Black & Brown American Rock Sound 69-74
Venom – At War With Satan
Vitamin String Quartet – VSQ Performs Kanye West
The Wipers – Better Off Dead
Yes – 90125 Picture Disc
Zipper Club – Breath 7”
The Zombies – I Want You Back Again 7”