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New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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It’s another week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East Ave.) and there are a handful of new and used records hitting the shelves. This week our new stack comes from metal/alternative label Deathwish Inc. We also have plenty of shows going on from now until the rest of the summer, so expect the store to be open late a lot of nights. Let’s take a look at the hours for this week and then get into those arrivals:

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

New LPs
Death Index – Death Index
Mercy Ties – A Dim Lit Place
Plebeian Grandstand – False Highs, True Lows
Praise – Leave It All Behind
Purple Mercy – Purple Mercy
Verdun – The Eternal Drift’s Canticles

Used LPs
Al Hirt – The Happy Trumpet
The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn of a Friendly Card
Angel – Sinful
Anne Murray – A Little Good News
Conway Twitty – Dream Maker
Earth Wind And Fire – The Best Of
Frijid Pink – Frijid Pink
Georgia Gibbs – Sings
Glenn Miller – A Legendary Performer
Grand Funk Railroad – E Pluribus Funk
The Happy Serenaders – Sing Along With The Happy Serenaders
James Gang – Passin’ Thru
Jimmy Smith – Live In Concert
Jubal – Jubal
Julie London – Julie London
Lethal Weapon – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Monkees – Headquarters
Nat King Cole – Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Workin’ Band
Pablo Cruise – Part of The Game
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Greatest Hits
REO Speedwagon – R.E.O./T.W.O.
Rick Dovi – Super Hits
Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes – Call of the Wild
Ted Nugent – Nugent
Various – Looney Tunes
Various – Starburst
Various – 62 Golden Greats
Waylon Jennings – Waylon Jennings (Collectors Series)

The Studio Show Episode 11: Looming + Lisa Higgs

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Once again we are a little late to the game on telling you about this most recent episode of The Studio Show, but this is one we feel that most of you will truly enjoy. The Studio Show is a Springfield-based series focusing on highlighting musicians and artists making things happen. The last episode to be released was number eleven a couple of weeks ago and features Looming performing an acoustic song, as well as Springfield poet Lisa Higgs. We also think that you might enjoy the opening scene of the episode (pictured above).

Check out the new episode streaming below, and head over to The Studio Show’s youtube channel for all of the past episodes plus some interesting clips. The Studio Show is also gearing up for a season finale, which also includes a live event in their space for a limited amount of people – more info on that can be found right here.

June 6th at Black Sheep: Spirit Breaker, Set Fire To Salem, Noesis, Accents, Through Burning Eyes, The Beauty In Her Eyes

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Can we squeeze in any more show announcements happening before Dumb Fest? This one is happening before then, on Monday June 6th. It’s another Monday night metal show- this one featuring the touring band Spirit Breaker coming from Michigan. Looks like there are a whopping whole five other local bands opening the show up. First of which we have Set Fire To Salem, metalcore from Springfield. We also have Noesis, playing the metalcore from Carlinville, Illinois. Up before them is Accents from Staunton, Illinois and the surrounding areas. Then opening things up we have two bands from the area both with “eyes” in their names and that would be Through Burning Eyes, and There Is Beauty In Her Eyes.

This show will be starting promptly at 6:30 pm (doors at 6:00), and admission is $7. 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 else coming up this summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: The Convalescence, Hallows Die, I Apollo, Fill In The Blank, Through Burning Eyes, Set Fire To Salem

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Tonight it’s a Monday night and we have some big time Monday night metal going down at Black Sheep! This show features quite the lineup of bands including The Convalescence from Toledo, Ohio who have performed at Black Sheep a number of times now. This time around The Convalescence will be on tour with two other acts including “Hallows Die” and “I Apollo”. This Monday night metal show would not be complete without a splash of pop punk in the middle, so we have Fill In The Blank also playing the show. Before them is Central Illinois based metalcore band Through Burning Eyes. And opening things up we have Springfield metal act Set Fire To Salem.

This show will begin a little earlier at 6:00 pm. Admission is $10. You can find a facebook event for this metal gig right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Videos: Shark Week at Black Sheep 5-7-16

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It’s been a minute since we’ve had a featured video on our site, well here’s one of a newer Springfield band called Shark Week! This is a video taken from a benefit show at Black Sheep earlier this month. Shark Week plays their song, also by the name of “Shark Week”.

Shark Week will be playing next at Black Sheep this upcoming Saturday, May 28th along with Livin’ Thing, Animals With Human Names, Sweet Bippy, and Blue Parks. You can find a facebook event on that one right here. Shark Week will also be opening day 2 of Dumb Fest 4-Ever this year on June 11th. Check out their video below, and also head over to our vids/pics page for more videos of local and touring bands at Black Sheep.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Betsy Willmore (Springfield Pridefest)

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Today we have a special guest(s) on The Black Sheep Radio Show and that is Betsy Willmore and maybe one or two others who help put on Springfield Pridefest that happens downtown once a year. Pridefest will be happening downtown tomorrow, and this year’s fest features an exciting lineup of bands including Pansy Division, Our Lady, SAP, and more! Today we will be talking to Betsy about the fest and playing music from some of the bands performing. In addition to that we will be playing music from other local bands and also band that will be coming to town, and will be talking about everything coming up this crazy busy spring/summer in Springfield!

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88. 3WQNA fm. You can also stream the show live at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for more info and a list of downloadable episodes from the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Terribly Happy, The Origin Story, Fill In The Blank, Sammy & The Punk, Stems

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There is a whole lotta stuff going on tonight! We have this show happening tonight at Black Sheep at 6:00 pm that might maybe possibly feature seven whole bands on the bill!?! What is this?? Later tonight is also the Black Sheep Cover Show Part 5.5 happening at Bar None for those of you who are ages 21 and up, we’ll get a little more into that later! Tonight at Black Sheep we have the pop punk band Terribly Happy, which you can find streaming on the player below. We also have familiar ska band The Origin Story from Lincoln, Illinois, who just played at Black Sheep a month or two ago. Then we have the local pop punk project, “Fill In The Blank.” Before them on the lineup is rock n’ roll punk fusion band Sammy & The Punk. Then we also have a couple more Peoria acts playing tonight and that is Sonic Comet, and something going by the name of “K”. Oh wait, there’s one more act too! Stems from Taylorville will be playing! Was that seven bands? Eight? That’s a lot of bands tonight.

The show tonight will start right at 6:00 pm and admission is $5. We will try to get things going quick so some of us can go to the Black Sheep Cover Show 5.5 happening at Bar None starting at 8:00 pm tonight. Facebook event for the Black Sheep show right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else we have coming up.

The Suction Cups: “The Son of Mothman”

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Tonight we are bringing you a brand new track from the newer Springfield surf-rock band The Suction Cups. The band’s first hit single is called “The Son of Mothman” and you can find it streaming on the player below. The song was one of the last projects taken on by South Town Studio while studio engineer Brandon Carnes was still in town, and it comes from a full eight-track EP which will be dropping sometime soon. Head on over to The Suction Cups bandcamp page to view the full track listing and also purchase the song for $666.00.

The next show The Suction Cups have lined up is during Dumb Fest 4-Ever. The band will be opening up day 3 of the Fest on Sunday, June 12th at 11:00 am at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: An Atomic Whirl, Pryss, Kelut, Ceiling Lust

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It’s maybe been a minute since we have had a band come from outside of the country to perform at Black Sheep. Tonight we have a show happening and it features the band An Atomic Whirl coming all the way from Japan. You can check out their music streaming below to hear what they are all about. This show also features a few local bands. We have the hardcore punk band Pryss on the show. We also have Peoria-based screamo band Kelut, who will also be playing Dumb Fest 4 coming up quick here in June. Opening things up we have a new project Ceiling Lust, who will be playing their second Black Sheep show.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can 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 in the coming months.

May 28th at Black Sheep: Livin’ Thing, Animals With Human Names, Sweet Bippy, Shark Week, Blue Parks

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This looks like a pretty cool show happening at Black Sheep on Saturday, May 28th in just a little over ten days. The show is also going to be a clothing drive towards benefiting Black Sheep and our running costs. There are also five local acts performing. That includes the arena rock dress-up jumpsuit costume classic rock band Livin’ Thing. It also includes the solo hip hop project – Animals With Human Names– who will be playing at Black Sheep for the second time. Stream some of Animals With Human Names’s music below. Also on the show is two-man electric ukulele project Sweet Bippy. We also have Shark Week. And opening things up is a solo set by Blue Parks.

The show is at 7:00 pm, but the clothing drive will be happening a bit earlier at Black Sheep, at 5:30 pm and going up until the show. Bring whatever used clothes you want! Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.