November 27th at Dumb Records: Black Friday Record Store Day + Show at Black Sheep

Posted on November 4, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today is the only night this week where we don’t have a show going on at Black Sheep! Wow! We do have an announcement for a big event happening at Dumb Records later this month on Friday, November 27th. For those of you who are fans of Record Store Day – the annual event in April – the same organization is doing a similar thing for Black Friday and this is Dumb’s first year participating in that. There will be many exclusive releases coming out on vinyl for this day only. Let’s take a look at what releases Dumb expects to get in:

B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone 10″
Beck – Dreams
Damnation A.D. – Kingdom Of The Lost Souls (white vinyl)
David Bowie – Earthling LP (green vinyl)
Death By Stereo – Day Of The Death (gold vinyl)
The Get Up Kids – Red Letter Day 10″
Farside – The Monroe Doctrine (red vinyl)
Frank Zappa – Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison LP
Johnny Thunders – Daddy Rollin’ Stone 10″
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama: Live At Rockpalast 2LP
Megadeth – The Threat Is Real / Foreign Policy 12″ (white vinyl)
Mercury Rev/Lost Horizons – Rainy Day Record… 7″ split
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – Say Say Say 12″
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 12″ (40th anniversary)
S.O.D./Deftones – Milk 7″
Spoon – TV Set 10″
The Suicide File – Twilight (gray vinyl)
The Suicide File – Some Mistakes You Never… (green vinyl)
Sunn O))) – Kannon LP (clear vinyl)
Unit Pride – Then And Now (white vinyl)
Various – High Fidelity (Soundtrack) 2LP
Various – Love & Mercy (feat. Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys)
Various – Our Impact Will Be Felt: Tribute To Sick Of It All
Various – True Detective (HBO Soundtrack)
Wes Montgomery – One Night In Indy EP

That’s a lot! In addition to all of those exclusive releases, there will be a 15% off sale for all non-Black Friday RSD items in the store. The store is also opening early that day – at 8:00 a.m., so make sure you get there early!

To go along with Black Friday at Dumb Records there will also be an all-local show happening at Black Sheep. That one is going to feature The Incorporated from Springfield and Litchfield, making their return since the big Hobgob blow-out last month. We also have the pop-punk band that recently put out their first album, Fill In The Blank. Other than that we have a newer industrial project going by the name “A.S.” and another solo/ambient-noise project called “Pretend I’m Not There.” The Black Sheep show will start at 7:00 pm and will cost $5.

Check out a facebook event for all of this right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up in Southtown this fall/winter.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on November 3, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at Dumb Records and the store just announced big plans for Black Friday later this month (we’ll get more into that tomorrow). There are plenty of new arrivals this week including new and used LPs, 7″s, and cassettes. There are a lot of shows this week too so the store is going to be open late to cater to all of you show attendees. Let’s take a look at Dumb’s operation hours for the week and then get into those new arrivals:

Tuesday (today): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Defeater – Travels
Melt Banana – Bambi’s Dilemma
Negative Approach – Tied Down
Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
Sunn O))) – Black One
Weezer – Blue Album

Used LPs
Babe Ruth – Stealin’ Home
Back Street Crawler – The Band Plays On
The Beatles – Silver Beatles Volume 2
The Box Tops – Cry Like A Baby
The Cannonball Adderly Quintet – “Live” at Operation Breadbasket
Count Basie – This Time By Basie: Hits Of The 50s & 60s
Dino, Desi & Billy – Our Time’s Coming
Erroll Garner – One World Concert
Jean-Luc Ponty – Imaginary Voyage
Johnny Cash – Hello, I’m Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash – Sings I Walk The Line
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
Moby Grape – Wow
Oregon – Crossing
Pat Metheny – Watercolors
Paul McCartney – McCartney II
Queen – Something Out Of The Ordinary
The Ventures – Ventures In Space

Used 7”s
Carole King – I Feel The Earth Move

Used Cassettes
Basia – Cruising For Bruising
Desree – I Ain’t Movin’
Divorce Horse – A Landfull Of Barbies
Doctors Speak Out – Breakthroughs In Preventative Health Care
Mitch Malloy – Our Love With Never Die
Mr. Big – Addicted To That Rush
Nelson – Can’t Live Withouth Your Love And Affection
Nelson – After The Rain
Northsound – The Blues Naturally
Sheila Chandra – Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices
Tribe Of Benjamin – Raize Da Prayze!
Vanessa Williams – Colors Of The Wind (Pocahontas)
Various – Wagon Wheels: Legendary Songs Of The Old West

Tonight at Black Sheep: Garter, Catholic Werewolves, Like… With Jetpacks, Say Something

Posted on November 3, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s time for another weeknight show happening tonight! There are four whole shows this week, can you believe it. For the show tonight we have the Iowa pop punk/emo group Catholic Werewolves– featuring members of Genovia Forever and The Easy Mark who have played here at Black Sheep in the past. You can stream an acoustic demo of Catholic Werewolves’ music below. Also on this show we have the local video game-themed instrumental project called “Like… With Jetpacks“. And we also have the power groove punk band Garter, who just played here at Black Sheep last night. To top it off we have hectic hardcore/punk band Say Something, who also played at Black Sheep last night.

The show tonight will be a 7:00 pm $5 show. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

New Band Pages: GUSH

Posted on November 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are finally bringing you a new band page for one of Springfield’s newer punk bands that popped up at the end of this past summer, GUSH. GUSH features members of Mouthsex, Table Drama, WARRS, and a few other bands. You can stream their demo and find out more about them on their band page on our site, right here. GUSH will also be playing next at Black Sheep along with ACxDC on Wednesday, December 9th. More info on that show can be found right here.

Check out any of our 60+ current band pages on our site right here. Do you play in a Springfield band that has not yet set up a band page with us? We would love to hear from you! Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to get something set up.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Set Fire To Salem, Reap And Sow, Noesis, Vacant Skies

Posted on November 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Now that Halloween and all of that jazz is over, it’s time to continue on with our November shows starting with this one happening tonight being called “Day of the Dead.” This show is looking like a pretty solid lineup of a metal show. We have the newer Springfield metal band, Set Fire To Salem. They will be joined by a band touring from Virginia called Reap And Sow (formerly Endeavor). You can stream some of Reap And Sow’s music on the player below. Also on the show is Central Illinois-based metalcore group Noesis. Then kicking things off we have another Springfield metal band, Vacant Skies.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what shows are coming up at Black Sheep.

Illinois Times “Best of Springfield 2015” Results

Posted on November 1, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Weekly Springfield publication The Illinois Times have released the results to their annual “Best of” polls for the year 2015. Voting was open to everyone starting back in September, and this year the polls were done a little bit differently this time in two rounds with the second round featuring 3 of the top runners up for each category.

You can find the best of local music & entertainment section right here where you can find all of the bands and musicians who were selected as winners. Some notable winners from bands that more frequently play Black Sheep include NIL8 (once again best punk band), and The Locals (best underage band).

This year Black Sheep fit under the category for “small music venue” but sadly we did not even make it to the next round as a runner-up :(. Boondocks (pictured above) got the title of best small venue this year. We were able to win best “all ages venue” in town in 2013, which was the only year in which that category was featured.

We will be kicking off our own annual “Best of Springfield Music” year-end poll here on this site in mid-December.

November 28th at Black Sheep: Nethersphere, Green Messiah, Social Werq, The Gator

Posted on November 1, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Happy November! We hope everyone had a safe and spooky Halloween last night. Now it’s time to get back to more November show announcements. This one is happening on Saturday, November 28th here at Black Sheep. This show will feature Jacksonville-based metal project Nethersphere. Then we have another metal project Green Messiah. The show will also feature the band Social Werq– a band from Michigan that we are pretty sure features at least one member of Chinese Happy- a band that used to frequently play Black Sheep a long long time ago in our earlier years. Stream some of Social Werq’s music on the player below. Then last but not least is another band from Michigan coming with Social Werq called The Gator.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Videos: Leftöver Crack at Black Sheep 10-24-15

Posted on October 31, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today may be Halloween, but last weekend was the big annual Hobgoblinspookadelic at Black Sheep featuring NIL8 and Leftover Crack. The show last weekend ended up being the most attended Black Sheep show that we have ever recorded, probably our biggest show in all 10+ years of being a venue! Things were definitely crazy, and today we are bringing you a video of a song from Leftover Crack’s set. You can check out a video of the song “One Dead Cop” being performed live inside Black Sheep below.

Also be sure to check out our vids/pics page for plenty of more pictures and videos from shows of the past at Black Sheep and around Springfield.

November 15th at Black Sheep: Open Mic Night

Posted on October 31, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like our next Black Sheep Open Mic is coming up quick! The next one will be happening in just half a month on Sunday, November 15th. Like the other open mics, for this one we have a number of 15-minute slots set aside for anyone who wants to claim them. Right now the schedule is pretty wide open, if you want to claim a slot just head over to the facebook event and post what time you would like. Or you can email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com for those of you who don’t use facebook. Here is the schedule so far:

9:45-10:00 – (open)
9:30-9:45 – (open)
9:15-9:30 – (open)
9:00-9:15 – (open)
8:45-9:00 – (open)
8:30-8:45 – (open)
8:15-8:30 – Ian Winterbauer
8:00-8:15 – Matthew Brewes
7:45-8:00 – Ethereal Dweller
7:30-7:45 – (open)
7:15-7:30 – (open)
7:00-7:15 – (open)

We will make sure to leave a few slots open the day of the show so that anyone can still show up at Black Sheep and claim them. You have to get there early though! For this open mic there will also be a 15% off sale going on for everything next door at Dumb Records! For admission into the open mic we are just asking for donations of anywhere between $1 and $5. Check out a facebook event for all of that right here, and also don’t forget to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

November 11th at South Town Studio: Secret Tombs, No Brainer, The Suction Cups

Posted on October 30, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like we have another South Town Studio show lineup up for this fall! This one is going to be happening pretty soon on Wednesday, November 11th. It will feature three bands – one of which is Pittsburg Pennsylvania’s Secret Tombs who played here a little over a year ago. You can stream some of Secret Tombs’s newer material on the player embedded below. Also on a separate tour and also playing here for the studio show on 11/11 is a band called No Brainer from Milwaukee (pictured above). They play some type of hardcore/powerviolence. And then opening the show up we have a brand new Springfield band called The Suction Cups. We have been told the new band features members of Bad Banshee and Ragna Rye.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up in South Town for the rest of this year.

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