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Looming: “Tried & True”

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Boy are we late to the game on this one. About a week and a half ago Springfield-originating band Looming released a brand new single, and their first new music released since last year’s album Nailbiter. The new single is called “Tried & True” and you can find it streaming on the player below. Check out the artwork for the single above. Check out the song’s debut and article on Brooklyn Vegan right here. Also head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can download the song for $1.

Looming are currently touring out to Wrecking Ball Fest in Atlanta, Georgia and then around the US with Lemuria. They will be closing all of that off with a show in Springfield right here at Black Sheep on Sunday, August 21st. Better RSVP to that if you haven’t already!

 

First Ever Theater Performances This Weekend At Black Sheep

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We’ve been meaning to get an official announcement up on our site for this for a few weeks now! This upcoming weekend we are going to be hosting something very different at Black Sheep. On August 12th, 13th, and 14th (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) we will be hosting four different performances of a play being put on by the newly formed “Absurdist People’s Theatre“- an experimental DIY Theatre Troupe based in Springfield. The play they will be performing is Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe.” There will be four performances, all $12 each and limited to a certain number of seating. You can find more info on each performance by clicking links below:

Friday, August 12th at 7:00 pm
Saturday, August 13th at 1:00 pm
Saturday, August 13th at 7:00 pm
Sunday, August 13th at 1:00 pm

You can RSVP by clicking “going” on any of the events listed above. There will be an open discussion following each performance. Formal dress is optional. Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. New York.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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We don’t have a whole lot of new arrivals this week at Dumb Records (1107 South Grand E. Ave.), and we are sorry we are getting this list to you a few days late! We have been hard at work saving up funds for Operation: Dumb Elephant. It is not too late to donate to our cause, and even get a limited t-shirt while you do it! We do have a few used records coming in to Dumb Records this week, and also a handful of used CDs. Be sure to check out the shop during Black Sheep Fest on Saturday! Let’s take a look at what we’ve got, but first what hours the store will be open this week:

Thursday (today): noon – 8:00 pm
Friday: noon – 8:00 pm
Saturday (Black Sheep Fest): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: noon – 8:00 pm
Monday (show): noon – 9:00 pm

Used LPs
Mr. Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore
Alfred Hitchcock – Ghost Stories For Young People
Basie Jam – Basie Jam
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Bobby Krane – A Tribute To Glenn Miller
Buck Owens – Close-Up
Chick Corea – My Spanish Heart
Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water
The Dave Clark Five – Satisfied With You
The Dawnbusters – Featuring Al Hirt
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra – Sunrise Serenade
Haydn Military – Beethoven Fifth
Henry James – Mr. Trumpet
The Kingston Trio – String Along
The Mamas & The Papas – People Like Us
Mack The Knife – Ella In Berlin
Mark Lindsay – Arizona
Musical Youth – Youth Of Today
Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Gotta Be Me
Sarah Vaughan – After Hours With Sarah Vaughan
Vic Damone – Closer Than A Kiss
Walt Disney Presents – The Great Composers

Used CDs
Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again
Old 97s – Fight Songs
Hit The Lights – This Is A Stick Up…
Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Traveling Wilburys – Vol. 3
Weezer – Green Album

Tonight at Black Sheep: Blank Spell, Moondead, GRINN, Undone

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It’s Monday, and it may be the beginning of the week but we are going to be hosting a killer punk show at Black Sheep tonight. Tonight we have the band Blank Spell coming from Philadephia on the way to a big tour with the indie band Deerhoof (Deerhoof will not be playing tonight). You can check out Blank Spell’s newest demo below. Also playing tonight is the three-piece talented punk band Moondead from right here in Springfield. Then we have a rare performance by GRINN, playing a return show of sorts. And opening things up is the newer Springfield punk band “Undone” featuring members of Garter, Green Messiah, and GUSH.

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

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s another new and exciting week over at Dumb Records (1107 South Grand E. Ave) and there are plenty of new arrivals hitting the shelves. Don’t forget that we are also in the middle of “Operation: Dumb Elephant” an ambitious mission for Dumb Records to acquire a life-sized elephant and put on the side of our building. This week the store has a good chunk of used records including a nice selection of jazz that has come in. Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for this week and then jump into the arrivals:

Wednesday (today): noon – 8:00 pm
Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday (sh0w): noon – 9:00 pm
Saturday: noon – 8:00 pm
Sunday: noon – 8:00 pm
Monday (show): noon – 9:00 pm

New LPs
Tenement – Tenement
Thee Fine Lines – Splittin’ Time

Used LPs
Alleluia – A Praise Gathering For Believers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Soul Finger
The Association – Insight Out
Batdorf & Rodney – Life Is You
Ben Webster – For The Guv’nor
Big Bands Forever! – Four Kings Of Swing
The Big Top Five – Real Circus Music
Bonnie Raitt – Takin My Time
Cannonball Adderley – Live Session!
Chuck Berry – Chuck Berry’s Golden Decade Vol. 2
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – In Europe
Don Shirley – Piano Perspectives
Dusty Springfeidl – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Emitt Rhodes – Emitt Rhodes
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – Live
Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks – Greatest Hits
George Benson – Take Five
Grover Washington Jr. – Live At The Bijou
Harvest – It’s Alright Now
The Incredible String Band – Earthspan
J.J. Cale – Okie
Jethro Tull – Minstrel In The Gallery
John Lee Hooker – Original Folk Blues
Juice Newton – Greatest Hits
Kenneth Copeland – I Give You Jesus
King Pleasure – Mr. Jazz
Linda Ronstadt – Canciones De Mi Padre
Living Strings – Rhapsody In Blue
Loretta Lynn – Fist City
Mahogany Rush – Child of the Novelty
Noel Paul Stookey – Real to Reel
Mark Almond – The Best Of
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays – As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Quincy Jones – Bossa Nova
Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Robby Duke – Come Let Us Reason
The Searchers – Meet The Searchers / Needles & Pins
Stanley Turrentine – The Sugar Man
Supertramp – Crime of the Century
Turley Richards – Therfu
Various – The Best of Spinners
Various – The Giants of Jazz
White Witch – White Witch
William Ackerman – Childhood and Memory

Used 7”s
Acidic Tree – Dead On Our Feet
Anodes / The Story Changes / Gas Up Yr Hearse! – Split
At Our Heels – At Our Heels
The Beatles – Yesterday b/w Act Naturally
The Beatles – Hey Jude b/w Revolution
The Beatles – Old Brown Show b/w The Ballad of John And Yoko
The Beatles – Rain b/w Paperback Writer
Elvis – Steamroller Blues / Fool
Madonna – Papa Don’t Preach
Madonna – Live To Tell
Madonna – Like A Virgin
Madonna – Like A Prayer
Peter Frampton – Shone On / Show Me The Way
The Recluse – Summer Showers
Sting – If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free

Black Sheep Fest 2016 T-Shirt Voting!

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The time is finally here to vote for your favorite Black Sheep Fest 2016 t-shirt design! This year we only had six submissions (maybe the least we’ve ever got…) but that should make choosing for your favorite extra easy! Go ahead and check out what has been submitted below (we’ll keep the artists anonymous for now). Then when you are ready, click this link to vote and tell us which design number you would like to see as the next Black Sheep Fest t-shirt. We’ll keep the polls open for exactly 48 hours, and close them at 9:00 pm on Thursday night. Here are those submissions:

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Very cool! Again, go here to vote! And also don’t forget that Black Sheep Fest is happening in about ten days on Saturday, August 6th. There are 15 local bands playing starting at 2:00 pm – we’ll be posting the schedule for the fest very soon!

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August 24th at Black Sheep: Selector Dub Narcotic, Epsom, SAP

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Time for another exciting show announcement. On Wednesday, August 24th we have a special guest coming to perform at Black Sheep, and that isCalvin_Johnson. Calvin Johnson (founder of influential Olympia-based indie label K Records, and also various bands and projects such as Beat Happening) is making a return to The Black Sheep as Selector Dub Narcotic. Calvin performed a solo set at Black Sheep here last in 2009, close to seven years ago. Check out what Selector Dub Narcotic’s all about on the video embedded below. Also on this show is the “acid-reflux” rock band from Springfield, Epsom. And then opening things up we have a performance by our very own SAP. It’s a three band show, and that’s it!

This one will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission this time around is $6. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can see what all is coming up at Black Sheep these next few months.

Tonight at South Town Studio: Black Bloc, Gazeebo, Ceiling Lust, Emasculate Regression, Invertabit, Citizen 2-13

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There are no shows happening tonight at Black Sheep, but we do happen to have this now six-act noise show happening up in South Town Studio. Sounds like there will be tacos for in exchange for donations for the touring acts starting at 7:00 pm tonight, and the true noise will kick off at 8:00 pm. For this one we have noise/drone project Black Bloc coming from New York. You can stream a track from that project on the player embedded below. Then we have three local acts, including a rare set from the Springfield noise project Gazeebo. We also have the newer industrial project Ceiling Lust, and opening things up looks like we have Emasculate Regression. In addition to this, since the show was announced a couple of bands have been added. Those are Invertabit and Citizen 2-13 from Wisconsin.

This show will be kicking off at 8:00 pm, looks like there might be food available a little before then- but bring donations if you want to eat! Donations be likely taken for the touring act as well. Check out our shows page for a list of upcoming shows at Black Sheep and in Southtown.

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Our Lady: “The Fox”

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Seems like we have all been waiting years to hear some news on that new Our Lady LP, and the wait is finally over! Yesterday the band released a brand new track from their upcoming full length, Lure, and also announced plans for a release show on August 19th. The new song is called “The Fox” and was debuted on music site Ghettoblastermagazine.com. You can also stream the song on the player below. From the article:

On the band’s forthcoming offering, Lure, they have stripped down their sound to the bare bones, removing almost all of the heavy elements of previous releases and poured out their most personal and heartfelt record to date. On no track is this more evident than the record’s first single “The Fox,” which Ghettoblaster has the pleasure of premiering today. Every note spills emotion, every word overflows with despair. Lure will be released on August 19 on vinyl/cd/digital.

A more official announcement for the show on August 19th will be on our site at some point very soon! Our Lady will be playing Black Sheep Fest as well before then on Saturday, August 6th.