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DUMB FEST 4-EVER Announcement #6

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We didn’t think we would be making more Dumb Fest announcements or announcing bands for the fest this late, but here we are with a sixth announcement! The big festival is now less than two months away happening on June 10th, 11th, and 12th! Today we are back with a whole eight more bands playing the festival, bringing us to a total of 48 bands currently announced. Here are those bands:

Q (St. Louis, MO)
THE BUG (Chicago, IL)
WOLF LUV (Champaign, IL)
WAVELESS (Minneapolis, MN)
VEIL (St. Louis, MO)
CHEW (Chicago, IL)
STARLORDE (Springfield, IL)
DRY HEAVE (Champaign, IL)

There you have it, and we now we are sure that that’s it as far as Dumb Fest announcements go except maybe a couple of bands added here and there! You can find the entire lineup of bands that have been announced on our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page or the Dumb Fest facebook event. We will likely soon be back with ticket pre-order info for the fest. In the meantime stream some music by Waveless from Minneapolis below.

The Studio Show Episode 9: Amanda Greive, Square of the Roots

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The new Springfield hit TV show focused on highlighting some artists and musicians coming out of Springfield, The Studio Show, is already to it’s ninth episode. You can check out that newest episode below, about 30 minutes long. This time around the guest artist is Amanda Greive, and the featured band is the local country act Square of Roots (pictured above). Of course you can find all sorts of fun tidbits thrown in by the creative minds behind The Studio Show in between the guests in the episode.

Check out any of the previous Studio Show episodes on the Studio Show’s youtube page. We hear that a season finale is approaching for the show soon.

May 23rd at Black Sheep: The Convalescence, Hallows Die, Apollo, Fill In The Blank, Through Burning Eyes, Set Fire To Salem

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Coming up on Monday, May 23rd at Black Sheep we have a whole six band metal show happening at Black Sheep for what is being called the “Monday Night Metal” show. 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 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.

April 29th at Black Sheep: Voice of Addiction, The Complaint Line

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Here’s an announcement for a Black Sheep show coming up really quick- on Friday, April 29th! This one is looking short and sweet, it might turn out to be just a two band show! Maybe we can ride bikes and hang out afterwards. One of those two bands includes The Voice of Addiction from Chicago. They play punk rock. You can stream some of their music on the player embedded below. The one other band on this show is the local alternative 90’s-rock band The Complaint Line. There may or may not be another act added between now and the show, we’ll see!

This show will be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. 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 what else is coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Videos: Meth Dealer’s Final Show at Black Sheep March 25th

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About one month ago on March 25th, Black Sheep hosted a final show for the Decatur Illinois-based hardcore band, Meth Dealer. The show was a wild one, and today we are bringing you video footage of one of their songs from the set. You can check out that video below. Members of Meth Dealer are continuing to play music in a new band called Capitol Offense.

Also check out our vids/pics page for more videos of touring and local bands performing at Black Sheep throughout the past ten years.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Violence Creeps, Livin’ Thing, Pryss

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Look at that terrible flier that is impossible to read. That is for a show happening tonight at Black Sheep that is going to end a streak of five shows in six days for us (wow). Tonight will be short and sweet with three blistering punk and hardcore bands that will make you feel alive. Most important we have the band Violence Creeps coming from Oakland, California. Stream some of their music on the player below. Up next we have the “Livin’ Thing Band” as featured in The Illinois Times last week. They will be kicking off their “Livin’ Tour” tonight with five days around the midwest, and will also have cassette tapes for the first time. Opening things up we have the mean and nasty new Springfield hardcore band called Pryss.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. 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 other shows coming up in the next few months at Black Sheep.

New Arrivals This Week (Record Store Day) at Dumb Records

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Welcome to the list of new arrivals this week at Dumb Records: Record Store Day edition! All of the records listed below are what we anticipate getting for Record Store Day which is this Saturday at Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East Ave.) from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. All of these releases are very special edition and often times limited pressings. Wow. Check out a facebook event for Record Store Day right here. Let’s also take a look at what other hours Dumb Records will have this week:

Tuesday (today) (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Wednesday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Thursday: noon – 9:00 pm
Friday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Saturday (Record Store Day): 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: noon – 8:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm

Record Store Day Exclusives:
Al Escobar and his Afro-Cuban Orchestra – Escobar’s Rhythmagic [LP] (Gold Vinyl, Mono, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Albert Hammond Jr. (of The Strokes) – Yours To Keep [LP] (first time on vinyl, debut solo album, indie-retail exclusive)
All-American Rejects – Move Along [LP] (Clear Vinyl with Red & Black Smoky Swirl, gatefold, numbered, indie-retail exclusive)
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – The Canyons [10”] (Gold & White Marbled Vinyl, 45RPM, indie-retail exclusive)
Animals, The – Animal Tracks [10” EP] (45RPM, the Animals 4th British EP, first time available in the US, indie-retail exclusive)
Anthrax – In The End (Trust cover) /Antisocial (unreleased live track) [7”] (limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive)
Anti-Flag – Live Acoustic At 11th Street Records [LP] (Clear Vinyl, download, indie-retail exclusive)
Atreyu – The Best Of Atreyu [2LP] (Bubblegum Pink Vinyl, first time on vinyl, download, split album cover, etched d-side, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Belairs, The – Volcanic Action [LP] (Colored Vinyl, compilation, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Best Coast – Late 20’s b/w Bigger Man [7”] (2 B-Sides from the California Nights recording sessions, white sleeve, indie-retail exclusive)
Bevis Frond, The – Miasma [LP] (Transparent Royal Blue Vinyl, bonus tracks on download, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Blaze Foley – Duct Tape Messiah (Soundtrack) [LP+DVD] (180 Gram, first time on vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Bob Cobert – Dark Shadows (Soundtrack) [LP] (50th Anniversary Edition, Purple 180 Gram Vinyl, original 1966 poster, indie-retail exclusive)
BØRNS – Live On KCRW’S Morning Becomes Eclectic [LP] (Colored Vinyl, insert, indie-retail exclusive)
Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting / Dance The Kung Fu [7”] (newly updated artwork, indie-retail exclusive)
Clutch – RSD 2016 Etched [12”] (2 unreleased tracks from Psychic Warfare sessions, etched side, limited/numbered to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Cheap Trick – Found New Parts [10”] (4 new songs, indie-retail exclusive)
Chvrches – Remix [12” EP] (4 tracks, indie-retail exclusive)
David Bowie – I Dig Everything: The Pye Years 1966 [LP] (Exclusive 50th Anniversary Release, indie-retail exclusive)
Death – Vivus!: Dividium Live In Eindhoven, 1998 [2LP] (first time on vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Devo’s Gerald Casale – It’s All Devo [12” EP] (new single with remixes from Phunk Investigation, Paul Mendez, etc., limited to 900, indie-retail exclusive)
Dizzy Gillespie – The Champ [LP] (feats. John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Milt Jackson, Art Blakey, etc., indie-retail exclusive)
Electric Prunes, The – I’ve Got A Way / World Of Darkness [7”] (mono, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive)
Ezra Furman – Songs By Others [LP] (Silver Vinyl, covers of Beck, Arcade Fire, Melanie, and LCD Soundsystem, limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Frank Turner – Positive Songs For Negative People (Acoustic) [LP] (indie-retail exclusive)
Frank Zappa – My Guitar / Dog Breath [7”] (Colored Vinyl, remastered 1969 mono recordings, numbered, indie-retail exclusive)
Goblin – La Via Della Droga (Soundtrack) [LP] (White Vinyl, previously unreleased bonus track, indie-retail exclusive)
Grapefruit – Lullaby / Another Game [7”] (2 unreleased tracks from 1968, picture sleeve, limited to 750, indie-retail exclusive)
GWAR – Scumdogs Of The Universe [2LP] (Pop-Up Gatefold artwork, their 1990 release and second album is their best-selling, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Hot Hot Heat – Nature Of Things [7”] (Red Vinyl, new song off upcoming album, plus exclusive b-side track, indie-retail exclusive)
Husker Du – In A Free Land [7” EP] (rare 1982 second release, limited to 1750, indie-retail exclusive)
Iggy & The Stooges – METALLIC K.O. (40th Anniversary) [LP] (Metallic Vinyl, poster, limited to 1250, indie-retail exclusive)
Ignite – Vipers And Thieves / Kitartok [7”] (Colored Vinyl, bonus track, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive)
Inner Circle/Major Lazer – Bad Boys/Bad Boys Major Lazer Remix [12”] (Colored Vinyl, includes original ”Cops” theme song and a new remix, new artwork, indie-retail exclusive)
Iron Maiden – The Empire Of The Clouds [12”] (Picture Disc image of ‘Eddie’, b-side is exclusive interview, gatefold, indie-retail exclusive)
Jay Reatard – Blood Visions (10th Anniversary) [LP+7”] (Red Vinyl, bonus demos single, gatefold, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Sinner (10th Anniversary) [LP] (Clear Vinyl, first time in vinyl, download with bonus videos, indie-retail exclusive)
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreaker – Vive La Revolution (Live In Paris 1977) [LP] (limited to 900, indie-retail exclusive)
Kinks, The – Dave Davies Hits [7” EP] (indie-retail exclusive)
KMFDM – Salvataion EP [LP] (previously unreleased, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
La Dispute – Tiny Dots [LP] (live audio from Tiny Dots DVD, indie-retail exclusive)
Lester Young – Blue Lester [LP] (feats. Count Basie, Junior Mance and Roy Haynes, indie-retail exclusive)
Locust – Morning Light [2LP] (gatefold, bonus tracks, first time on vinyl, indie-retail exclusive)
Logic – The Incredible True Story [LP] (Picture Disc, indie-retail exclusive)
Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo) – Hello, My Good Friend [12” EP] (etching, limited to 2250, indie-retail exclusive)
Modern Jazz Quartet – The Quartet (aka ‘The Milt Jackson Quartet’) [LP] (indie-retail exclusive)
Moody Blues, The – Go Now: Moody Blues #1 [LP] (180 Gram, re-release of their first American album on vinyl in almost 40 years, indie-retail exclusive)
Move, The – Something Else From The Move [7” EP] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Mumford & Sons + Baaba Maal – TBD [12”] (2 exclusive tracks, indie-retail exclusive)
New Barbarians (The Rolling Stones) – New Barbarians [10”] (Blood Red Vinyl, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
NOFX – Sid & Nancy / A Eulogy for Gaia [7”] (Colored Vinyl, both tracks previously unreleased, limited to 750, indie-retail exclusive)
Nothing – A.C.D / Suns And Lovers [12”] (White Vinyl, deluxe silkscreened b-side, limited to 1100, indie-retail exclusive)
Rob Zombie – Well, Everybody’s Fucking In A U.F.O. [10”] (2 new tracks off upcoming album, explicit artwork, 45RPM reverse-groove A-Side, etched B-side, indie-retail exclusive)
Runaways, The (Joan Jett/Lita Ford) – Right Now / Black Leather [7”] (Red Vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Scarface – Deeply Rooted [LP] (Picture Disc, new 2015 album first time on vinyl, feats. Nas, Rick Ross, John Legend, CeeLo, Akon, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive)
Shaggs, The – Sweet Maria b/w The Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song) [7”] (previously unreleased tracks, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive)
Sublime – Jah Won’t Pay The Bills [LP] (first time on vinyl, 25th anniversary of Sublime’s first cassette EP, 420 random copies will be on green vinyl, indie-retail exclusive)
Summer Hits, The – Beaches And Canyons [LP] (180 Gram, 2 Tone Brown And Black Vinyl, bonus flexi disc, indie-retail exclusive)
Third Power – Believe [LP] (Red Vinyl, gatefold, download, indie-retail exclusive
Todd Rundgren & Utopia – Disco Jets [LP] (1976 album first time on vinyl, limited to 400, indie-retail exclusive)
Tornadoes, The – Beyond The Surf: The Best of The Tornadoes [LP] (Sea Blue Vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive)
Twiztid – Twiztid Presents: The Dojo [7”] (unreleased track plus instrumental, collector’s item for Juggalo fans, indie-retail exclusive)
Valentines, The – The  Sound Of (early years of AC/DC’s Bon Scott) [LP] (limited to 500, indie-retail exclusive)
Vandals, The – Sweatin’ To The Oldies [LP] (Clear Vinyl w/Black Splatter, download, landmark live album recorded in 1993, indie-retail exclusive)
Various Artists – Music From The Motion Picture JOY (Soundtrack) [2LP] (Colored Vinyl, feats. Cream, Rolling Stones, Ella Fitzgerald, Ronettes, Bee Gees, etc., gatefold, indie-retail exclusive)
Various Artists – Silly Symphony Collection: The Skeleton Dance/Three Little Pigs[10”] (indie-retail exclusive)
Various Artists – Star Wars: The Force Awakens ”March Of The Resistance b/w Rey’s Theme” (Soundtrack) [10”] (Picture Disc, limited, indie-retail exclusive)
Violent Femmes – Memory b/w You Move Me (unreleased) [7”] (limited to 1200, indie-retail exclusive)
Weekend, The – The Hills Remixes (feat. Eminem and Nicki Minaj) [12”] (indie-retail exclusive)
Wendy O. Williams – Fuck ‘n Roll (Live EP) [LP] (limited to 1250, indie-retail exclusive)

Tonight at Black Sheep: Free Kittens & Bread, Nectar, Fill In The Blank, Starlorde

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The shows just don’t stop and tonight there is a show happening at Black Sheep for all you Tuesday night rockers. This show will feature the band Free Kittens & Bread from Austin, Texas. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Also on this show we have everyone’s favorite Champaign/Urbana alternative ice cream pop band Nectar! Then we have a couple acts local to Springfield. The first of which is pop punk goodness Fill In The Blank! And then opening things up we have the second ever show for Springfield’s newest space-themed hardcore super villain band called “Starlorde.”

The show tonight will be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. 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 at Black Sheep in the near future.

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Tonight at Black Sheep: Jake Down, Sweet Bippy, Flamingo, Sammy & The Punk

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It’s a Monday night and there is a show happening at Black Sheep! Get ready for an intense week of shows with something happening Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then a jam-packed weekend with a show Friday and a big Record Store Day at Dumb Records on Saturday! Tonight we have the touring musician Jake Down from Michigan coming through. You can check out some of his music streaming below. We also have the experimental post-punk band Sweet Bippy performing- which features members of Black Ops and T.A.N.G. We also have the psych-rock explosion band Flamingo from the Jacksonville area. And opening things up is another set by the wild rock n’ roll band Sammy & The Punk.

This show will start right at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show tonight right here. Also check out our shows page for a l0ok at what other shows are coming up in the near future at Black Sheep.

May 7th Benefit Show at Black Sheep: Garter, Moondead, Shark Week, The Suction Cups

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How nice, we have a show coming up at Black Sheep on Saturday, May 7th being set up as a benefit show of sorts. The 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 maybe 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.