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Benefit Show Tonight at Black Sheep: Garter, Moondead, Shark Week, The Suction Cups, Hannah Tolan

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It’s a beautiful Saturday, we have one show happening at Black Sheep that weekend and that is tonight! This show is being set up by some friends as a benefit to help Luna with transitional funds, which more info can be found on this GoFundMe page. We have quite the lineup of local bands for this. First off we have Garter, who have not played a show since a couple of months back. Check out their music streaming on the player below. We also have the official Illinois State Capitol band- Shark Week. Before that we have the three-piece experimental punk band Moondead. And just in case you can’t get enough of those Suction Cups after they just played last night, they will also be playing this show, and it looks like Hannah Tolan of The Stuction Cups will be doing a solo set as well.

This show will start 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 complete list of all of the shows coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: The Studio Show

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It’s Friday and there are no shows lined up at Black Sheep tonight! We heard a rumor there might be some noise coming from South Town Studio upstairs but that’s about it. We do have The Black Sheep Radio Show happening from 4 to 6 pm, and today we have a very special episode lined up for you all. Our guests this week will be Arlin Peebles and Keil Isham of the new Springfield youtube series / TV Show – The Studio Show. We will be joined by Keil and Arlin at least in the second half of our program to talk about how the show has been going and what their plans are for the future. The show is also getting ready for its season finale.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can tune in on your radio dial or listen live online at wqna.net. Also check out our radio page for more info and some downloadable episodes from the past.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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The new and used records are all pouring into Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East Ave.) this week and we have stacks upon stacks of new records- too many to even list here! This week our new selection comes mostly from Topshelf Records based out of Boston, Massachusetts and Grave Mistake Records. Aside from all of those new releases, we have a very good stack of used records hitting the shelfs this week. Let’s take a look at those store hours and then get into what’s new:

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

New LPs
Arctic Flowers – Weaver
Bloody Gears – Landscapes of Disease
Boys Life – Departures and Landfalls
Brutal Knights – Living By Yourself
Daylight Robbery – Accumulated Error
Diamond Youth – Nothing Matters
Infinity Girl – Harm
Institute – EP
Marvelous Darlings – Single Life
Moving Mountains – Pneuma
Pianos Become The Teeth – The Lack Long After
Prawn – Kingfisher
The Saddest Landscape – Darkness Forgives
Slingshot Dakota – Break
Special Explosion – The Art of Mothering
Solids – Else
Sorority Noise – Joy, Departed
Suis La Lune – Distance/Closure
Tancred – Tancred
Tenement – Bruised Music Vol. 2
Toe. – Long For Tomorrow
Toe. – The Book About My Idle Plot
Total Abuse – Excluded
TV Freaks – Bad Luck Charms
The Varukers – One Struggle One Fight
The Velvet Teen / The Veil Between – All Is Illusory
Violent Minds – We Are Nothing
Waveless – Spirit Island
Weatherbox – The Cosmic Drama
White Lung – It’s The Evil
Wild Ones – Heatwave

Used LPs
ACDC – Flick of The Switch
ACDC – High Voltage
Barbara Mandrell – Looking Back
Bill Nelson – On A Blue Wing
Bill Nelson – The Love That Whirls
Bo Donaldson And The Heywoods – Farther On
Bread – The Best of Bread Volume 2
The Buggs – Beetle Beat
Chet Atkins – It’s A Guitar World
Earl Klugh – Living Inside Your Love
Eric Clapton – Another Ticket
The Doors – The Doors
The Flying Lizards – The Flying Lizards
The Fugs – Golden Filth
Fun Boy Three – The Fun Boy Three
Fun Boy Three – Waiting
Grace Jones – Living My Life
Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette
Howard Jones – One To One
Howard Jones – Human’s Lub
Howard Jones – Dream Into Action
Jerry Lee Lewis – Roll Over Beethoven
Julia Fordham – Porcelain
Kenny G – Duotones
Kris & Rita – Full Moon
Loretta Lynn – Entertainer of the Year
The Moody Blues – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
The Neon Judgement – General Pain & Major Disease
The Neon Judgement – Blood & Thunder
The New Ventures – Rocky Road
Paul Kelly And The Messengers – Under The Sun
Petula Clark – Down Town
Ricky Lee Jones – Ricky Lee Jones
Ricky Lee Jones – Pirates
Smothers Brothers – Two Sides Of The…
Steve Fobert – Jackrabbit Slim
Steve Forbert – Alive On Arrival
Tina Turner – Tina Live
Tommy Keene – Back Again (Try…)
Tommy Keene – Places That Are Gone
Various – Great Hits of the Fantastic 50s
Wazmo Nariz – Things Aren’t Right
Wazmo Naris – Tell Me How To Live
Willie Nelson – Stardust

Tonight at Black Sheep: All People, SAP, The Suction Cups

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You remember the New Orleans based band All People who played on the ramp of Skank Skates back last year in April? Well they are going to be back tonight and are playing a show here at Black Sheep! You can stream some of All People’s music on the player below. Also on this show is the Springfield three-piece sticky grunge pop band SAP. This is just going to be a three-band show it looks like, and that magical third band is the surf rock project called The Suction Cups, who have new music being released very soon.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and costs $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page right here for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.

The Illinois Times: “Making Springfield Look Cool” [The Studio Show]

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New Springfield TV show and youtube channel “The Studio Show” continues to go hard into new episodes and is getting more and more coverage as they go along! You may have noticed the show made it to the front of The Illinois Times this week with the article “Making Springfield Look Cool” by Scott Faingold. From the article:

Comedy is only part of the reason “The Studio Show” exists. The program, described memorably by Isham in one episode as “something special and unique and heartfelt and community-oriented,” is indeed a one-of-a-kind showcase for the city of Springfield as a place where creativity flourishes. The first several episodes feature interviews with a variety of area artists, including painters Jeff Williams and Amanda Greive, sculptor Michael Dunbar, cartoonist Brett James Freeman and poet Shatriya Smith. In addition, musical guests have included regional talent ranging from the close-harmony folk-pop of the Deep Hollow to the raw garage rock of SAP to the hip-hop stylings of Deezy Da Paperboy.

You can check out the full article in this week’s copy of The Illinois Times or head over to the Illinois Times website where you can view the full thing right here.

In addition to the article, The Studio Show also released their tenth episode last week, which you can find streaming below. The episode features local artist Michelle Smith and a new musical duo called “Cri8” (featuring one member of NIL8). Also head over to The Studio Show’s youtube page for a good look at all of the episodes and videos released so far.

New Band Pages: Rustocrat

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We just got a new band page up on our site, not really for a “band” this time around, but for a new electronic artist from the area going by the name of “Rustocrat.” Some of you who were at the last Black Sheep Open Mic might have caught some of Rustocrat’s Black Sheep debut and you just might have danced along. You can check out Rustocrat’s new page right here where you can read up more on the artist and also stream his brand new album.

Check out any of our 60+ band pages for current and active Springfield bands right here on our current bands page. Do you play in a band or are a musician in the area and have not yet set up a page with us? Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up!

May 31st at Black Sheep: Rat Ship, RHIN, Moondead

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Wow, pretty cool that it’s the first of May right now and we are about to tell you about a show happening on the very last day of this month on Tuesday, May 31st. This show features a couple of acts touring from West Virginia. The first of those is called Rat Ship, and they play a type of melodic hardcore that you can find streaming on the player below. Rat Ship will be touring with a band called “RHIN” which can be described more as stoner/sludge punk music. Those two bands will be joined on the bill by the local three piece punk band Moondead.

This show will start 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 where you can find a list of other shows coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Today at Douglas Park: Springfield Haymarket Festival

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Something cool happening in town that we almost forgot to mention on our site is the Springfield Haymarket Festival happening in town today at Douglas Park. The schedule includes some familiar acts to the Black Sheep stage including The Incorporated, and HISO Music Entertainment. There will also be some Black Sheep/Dumb Records representation there as well, you can possibly catch us handing out fliers or CDs for Dumb Fest 4-Ever. The festival is pretty packed all day from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, let’s take a look at the schedule:

11:00 Opening
11:15 Jason Eklund (Musici)
12:00 AJ Segneri (Speaker)
12:15 The Incorporated! (Music)
1:00 Workshop Session 1
2:00 Jim Dixon (Speaker)
2:15 S.W.I.L.L – the acronym (Music)
3:00 Workshop Session 2
4:00 Brein Redmon (Speaker)
4:15 HISO Music Entertainment (Music)
5:00 Dr. Richard Gilman-Opalsky
5:15 Black Queen
6:00 Closing

You can find a facebook event for the festival right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page possibly for some other shows and events happening in town outside of Southtown.

Next Black Sheep Open Mic Night May 15th

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It’s been a minute since we’ve done an open mic night at Black Sheep, and there have only been one or two this year so far, so we are adding another one this spring on Sunday, May 15th! Come on out if you have been itching to perform or if you might want to catch something new. As our usual open mic nights are, there are 15 minute open slots between 7:00 to 10:30 that are pretty much all open to be claimed. To claim a slot, post in the Open Mic facebook event or send us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. We will also have a few slots open the day of the show to be claimed by the first people that show up to claim them.

The open mic night starts at 7:00 pm and goes until 10:30 pm. For this we ask for donations of anywhere between $1 and $5 to keep our venue running. There will also be a 15% off sale going on at Dumb Records next door during the open mic, so even more reason to come out! Check out 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 Blafacebook.com/events/1021525177958387ck Sheep in the near future.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: DJ Tariq

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Here we are on the sixth episode already of this sixth new season of the Black Sheep Radio Show without Brandon Carnes. Last week we got a little bit back into the swing of things, with Kevin Bradford coming in as our first guest of the new season. Today we are bringing in New York’s Deadliest DJ- DJ Tariq himself onto the show as guest. DJ Tariq has recently moved here from New York and has since performed at Black Sheep and Dumb Records for Record Store Day. He has a few mashups that we might get to play on air, and might bring a few songs in on vinyl for us to play.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm on your radio dial. You can also tune in during the same time online at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for some older downloadable episodes and more info.