Above is a video The Timmys have recently posted of singer Robbie Kording opening a box of The Timmys CDs for the first time.  The CDs are from the brand new full-length album entitled “Sangamon County Minefield.”  Since the CDs are in, both upcoming Hobgoblinspookadelic shows (October 19th and October 27th) will be album release shows for The Timmys!  Hobgob at Black Sheep on October 19th will also be NIL8’s 30 Year Anniversary show and Tiger Tank and Say Something will be playing both of their first shows in Springfield.

Emperor Norton have put up their new “2012 Demo” for name-your-price download on their bandcamp.  The demo is eight songs in less than nine minutes.  We have a stream of it via bandcamp on a player below:

The demo itself was recorded inside of Black Sheep.

Some Things Can’t Be Ignored, music blog featuring Springfield local releases from the 1990s and beyond has recently featured an old 7″ from the Springfield band Park.  The “Mood Ring” 7″ was Park’s first ever 7″ and it was released in 1997 on Sam The Cat Records.

…I have two copies of this 7″.  The 2nd one I got for free when I bought at t-shirt at the show Park played with Yellowcard at the old Rise (previously the Asylum) back in the early 2000′s.  I was handed a 7″ when I bought a “No Signal” shirt (that I still wear from time to time) and I told Justin, who handed it to me, that I already have one and I don’t need a 2nd one.  He told me, “Um…just keep it man…comes free with the shirt and we have tons of these we need to get rid of.”

– Anthony of S.T.C.B.I.

You can check out the Mood Ring 7″ post (and also download the files for free) here.  Some of the members of Park have gone on to form a new band by the name of Tiger Tank, and they will be playing their first show in Springfield on October 19th for this year’s all ages Hobgoblinspookadelic.

Local Grindcore/Metal favorites Scott Blacula have recently announced plans to release and give away their first demo for free at an upcoming show at The Tin Can Pub this saturday.  The show is also with Emperor Norton, starts at 11:00 pm and is $4.  You can check out two of the seven tracks from the “Jobbers Demo” on their bandcamp player below.  The rest of the album will also go up for free download this weekend on bandcamp.  The band had this to say:

We at Scott Blacula would like to apologize for any potential damage the Jobbers demo may cause your eardrums. We specialize in obnoxiously loud noises, earth-shattering bass notes, and incomprehensible shrieking. Please listen at your own risk.

Springfield music blog “Some Things Can’t Be Ignored” has featured a new and unreleased album from old Springfield hardcore band Test Patterns.  You can find the recordings here.  From the Some Things Can’t Be Ignored blog:

For those of you who don’t know, or maybe just weren’t involved with “the scene” at the time, Test Patterns were an unfortunately short-lived hardcore band from Springfield.  Composed of Cory Howell (217 Skate Shop owner) on vocals, Aaron Freeman on guitar/vocals, Dave Hinc on bass, and Andy Harmon on drums.  I was fortunate enough to see these dudes perform a handful of times.  I think ALL exclusively at the Asylum (I miss that place), if I remember correctly.  To sum up their music in three words — intense, fast, LOUD!  Like any proper hardcore band, they didn’t waste time with long, drawn out songs.  Most clocked in at under a minute and got their point across just fine!

The unreleased recordings come from 1997 and are intense as ever.  You can find more albums and recordings from more old Springfield bands at the Some Things Can’t Be Ignored website.

Brandon Carnes has launched a stream of a new four-song album/EP entitled De Rerum Natura via bandcamp.  The EP is available for a name-your-price download.  We also have it steaming below.