Springfield historic punk/music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored are at it again with their monthly post and featured Springfield release of the past. This time it’s a split album with Springfield punk band Resident Genius and a split they released with some of the works of American social activist Howard Zinn in 2005. Resident Genius features Jason Perry on guitar and vocals, who currently plays in groups The Seething Coast and Heptanes. Head on over to the Some Things Can’t Be Ignored blog to stream and download the release, which was originally on CD. From the blog:

A lot of time and effort was put into this release and I’d say that the end product is something that everyone involved can truly be proud of.  The statements made by both the band and Mr. Zinn on this split EP are short, yet powerful, and touch on issues that are just as important and relevant today as they were over a decade ago when this CD was originally released.  It’s like the old saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  I hope that at some point in my lifetime I can throw on a record like this and the lyrical content be completely irrelevant to what’s currently going on in America.

You can find more out about the release from Jason on the actual post- including a breakdown of each song and lyrical content.

The music blog focusing on Springfield music that came out of the 1990’s and earlier – “Some Things Can’t Be Ignored” have a new post on on their site for an older Springfield band called Love Hogs. Love Hogs were active in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, and recently got together to perform at Downhome Music Festival downtown this summer. Some Things Can’t Be Ignored has put their recordings up for download, which include two full length CDs. From the blog:

Love Hogs were originally a 4-piece band consisting of Keith Voegele (who you may know better from the Bottle Rockets) on bass and vocals, Ted Brannon on guitar, Rodney Patterson on guitar and vocals, and Greg “Lucky” Patterson on drums.  The band formed from the ashes of two other Springfield bands — the Ingrates & They Came In Droves.  Brothers, Lucky and Rodney, played together in the Ingrates.  Keith and Ted played together in They Came In Droves.  Both bands were breaking up around the same time (around 1995-ish?) and all four decided, “Eh…what the hell…let’s get together, jam, and see what happens.”

Check out the full post right here where you can also find the link to download Love Hogs’s music. You can also stream their self-titled album on the player below.

Springfield music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored has put up a very nice write-up along with plenty of kind words on “Project Southtown” and our latest kickstarter campaign. Check out that post right here. From the write-up:

Black Sheep has hosted more shows than I can even count.   Everything from local and regional bands, to national and international touring acts.  I think it’s safe to say that Black Sheep is primarily responsible for Springfield’s ever growing and flourishing music scene.  The local music scene here had become pretty stagnant before Black Sheep opened their doors.  Once that happened, a flood of new bands started to move through the venue consistently, which inspired dozens of young, creative people to start their own bands right here in town.

The Project Southtown Kickstarter campaign will continue for another 51 days until it ends on June 25th. Find the link to donate to that right here. Currently the campaign is nine days in and we have already raised $3,700 (about 3/4ths of our goal)! You can expect some updates on Project Southtown to come very soon. In addition to the Project Southtown write-up, Some Things Can’t Be Ignored has also featured an old demo from Back Of Dave, a band that frequently played Springfield in the 1990s. Check out that post right here.

Looks like Springfield music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored are at it again in 2015, this time bringing us an unreleased demo from 1994. The demo is from the old Springfield band Ingot (pictured above playing at Skank Skates in the early 1990’s. From the blog:

When I met up with Ben Jacob a couple of years back to discuss music and borrow some of his recordings from what can only be described as an unbelievable and immaculate collection of 1990’s Springfield and regional music, he provided me with something that simply blew my mind — an ingot demo from 1994 containing 4 unreleased songs!!!  I had heard some folks speak of the song, “Dad, The Evil Clown” in recent years, but I never recalled ever hearing it played live and it certainly wasn’t on either of the two cassettes the band released in 1994 and 1995.  When Ben pulled out this cassette and I saw “Dad, The Evil Clown” scribbled on the j-card along with 3 other songs that I didn’t recognize, I nearly jumped out of my skin with excitement!  IT STILL EXISTS!!  …and Ben still has his master copy!!  Needless to say, I took great care with this one to be certain to preserve the recording exactly as it was captured over 20 years ago!!  The version you have here has been “touched up” a little bit to improve the overall sound and “beef things up”, but in no way takes away from the original recording.

You can head over to somethingscantbeignored.wordpress.com and stream or download the full 1994 demo.

Springfield historic music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored have made a new update featuring a very rare and classic Springfield punk release- The Timmys‘ 1999 self-titled CD. This would have been released when The Timmys were only a couple of years old as a band. From Some Things Can’t Be Ignored:

Alright, folks…what we’ve got here is the FIRST full-length record ever released by Springfield’s second longest running punk band, the Timmys!!  This was recorded over quite a few months at Studio Media in Evanston, IL in 1999 and self-released by the fellas shortly thereafter.  Not many of these CDs were made as far as I can remember.  As soon as I managed to get to the next Timmys show after this came out, there weren’t any to be had.  A short run of home-burned copies were made, sold at shows and given out to friends and family, and that was about it, I think.  So…it’s pretty obvious that I’m SUPER excited about letting this local gem see the light of day again!!

Check out the full post right here, where you can download the album right here. The Timmys of course are still an active band, and they will be playing this year’s Hobgoblinspookadelic at Donnie’s Homespun.

It looks like Springfield historical music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored is dipping into Springfield music from the Black Sheep Era (beginning 2005-2006). The blog recently featured a 2006 demo from Springfield hardcore band Kick To Tha Head, which featured Black Sheep owner Kevin Bradford on vocals. From Some Things Can’t Be Ignored:

Yes, another short lived Springfield band, but Kick To Tha Head didn’t leave without leaving their footprint on our local scene and inspiring many others to get busy assembling their own bands and getting their messages across through music.  That momentum has continued to flourish in our scene here in Springfield, and without folks like Kevin, Roger and many others, we wouldn’t have the thriving scene that we have today.

You can check out the full post right here, where you can also download the full 2006 demo.