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April 3rd at Black Sheep: Leggy, Shark Week, Arc Flash, Nick Murphy

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What a neat flier for a neat show happening here at Black Sheep on Sunday, April 3rd. Fair warning: the April show announcement are going to start rolling in REAL hard. Prepare yourselves for possibly our busiest month we’ve ever had to date! This one features the band Leggy from Cincinnati, Ohio. You can stream some of their music on the player below. It also features the new Springfield all-femme groove band Shark Week. Also on the show is Arc Flash from Kansas, who will be on tour with the band Leggy. Opening things up we have a solo set by Nick Murphy of the bands Garter and Moondead.

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 everything else coming up in Southtown in the coming months.

F///\\\M: “I Love You Project”

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With F///\\\M playing a final show inside Dumb Records at 7:00 pm tonight, the solo project of Brandon Carnes has decided to record one final 3-song release, being called the I Love You Project. The second track of the three “I Love You” features audio clips of many different phone calls Brandon collected of different people saying “I love you.” You can stream the full EP below, or also head over to the F///\\\M bandcamp page to download the songs at your own price.

F///\\\M will be playing one final show inside Dumb Records tonight at 7:00 pm along with Gutterpriest. For those of you who do not know, Brandon is also planning on moving out of Springfield and to Pittsburg next month, which unfortunately means the end of South Town Studio. The show tonight is free so come out!

Tonight at Dumb Records / Black Sheep: F///\\\M, Gutterpriest + Game Night

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It seems like the curse of van breakdowns has been strong with touring bands coming to play at Black Sheep! Tonight we had a couple of touring bands scheduled to play at Dumb Records but unfortunately they had to drop the gig after being stuck and broke down in Kentucky. However, we will still be having the show inside Dumb Records with just the two locals acts- F///\\\M and Gutterpriest. This will probably be the last F///\\\M show, so be sure to catch it out! The solo project of Brandon Carnes also released a new 3-song EP on the internet last night, which you can find streaming below.

Game night will also still be happening tonight at 8:00 pm. Come out at 7:00 pm to catch a couple of bands at Dumb, and then mosey on over to Black Sheep for a game of Yahtzee! All of this is now free. Check out a facebook event for the Dumb Records show right here, and also a facebook event for game night right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up in Southtown in the next few months.

March 27th at Black Sheep: Looming, Our Lady, Hodera, Dry Heave, Isaac Arms

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This show coming up in just twelve days at Black Sheep on Sunday, March 27th is going to be a huge one. It’s also happening on Easter day, how about that! Easter is not going to stop us from coming out to this one though, it is looking like it is the last Looming Springfield show for while, at least until August. The band is going through some changes due to members moving and while they will remain active, we might see less live shows at Black Sheep in the future. Also playing this show is Springfield heavy hitting band Our Lady, making an incredible lineup. We also have a few touring bands on the bill. The first of which is Hodera coming all the way from New Jersey. Stream some of their music on the player below. On a separate tour and coming from a different end of the punk scene we have Dry Heave– closing up their big spring break tour. They just recently put out a new tape on Springfield-based label Ooey Gooey. Opening things up we have a solo set by Isaac Arms from Champaign of the band Withershins.

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 good look at what else is coming up as far as shows go around Southtown.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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Dumb Records (located 1107 South Grand East Ave) has a lot in the works right now, including an in-store show tomorrow at 6:00 pm with Globsters and Elsinores from Kentucky, as well as the just-announced Larry Livermore coming there on March 24th. In addition to all of the exciting stuff going on there are also plenty of new arrivals pouring into the shop. Today we are bringing you a list of those for the week. We’ll take a look at the new LPs, 7″s, and cassettes in but first let’s take a look at the store’s operating hours:

Tuesday (today): noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday (show): noon – 9:00 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

Used LPs
Archive Production – The Works of John Sebatian Bach
Billy Ocean – Suddenly
Diana Ross And The Supremes – Great Songs And Performances
Donald Byrd – Black Byrd
Johnnie Taylor – A New Day
Johnny Taylor – Ever Ready
The Monkees – Greatest Hits
The O’ Jays – Family Reunion
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy – Finlandia
Rocky Curtiss and the Harmony Flames – The Big Ten
Ronnie Milsap – There’s No Gettin’ Over Me
The Supremes – Sing Country Western & Pop
The Supremes – New Ways But Love Stays
Various – 20/20: Twenty No. 1 Hits From Twenty Years Ago
Various – Film Spectacular
Xit – Silent Warrior

New LPs
Explosions In The Sky – Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
The Cramps – Look Mom No Head!
Death Cab for Cutie – The Photo Album
The Doors – L.A. Woman
Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape
Hop Along – Get Disowned
Nine Inch Nails – The Slip

New 7”s
Beta Boys – Real Rockers
Freek Vibe – Cuss Gang b/w Jesus In The Kitchen
Urochromes – Urochromes

New Cassettes
DJ BO – DIY
Lysol – On The Corner

Larry Livermore (Co-Founder of Lookout Records) Coming to Dumb Records March 24th

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Exciting things are starting to happen at Dumb Records now that the store has acquired more space and opened up. On Thursday, March 24th we have a real treat coming, and that is the co-founder of Lookout Records, Larry Livermore. Mr. Livermore will be stopping by for the evening in support of his new book “How To Ru(i)n A Record Label” which talks about the story of how Lookout Records formed. For those of you unfamiliar, Lookout Records was responsible for releasing records from bands Green Day, Operation Ivy, as well as many others. From the event description:

Larry Livermore was the co-founder of Lookout Records, the editor and publisher of Lookout magazine, and a longtime columnist for Maximum Rocknroll and Punk Planet. A seminal figure in the Bay Area scene and in punk in general, Livermore walked away from the label at the height of its popularity.

Larry will read from his new book, How To Ru(i)n A Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records (released by Don Giovanni Records). He will probably tumble through his treasure chest of tales and maybe do some Q and A too. Don’t miss it.

More information on the book can be found right here. The event will be held inside Dumb Records at 7:00 pm on March 24th. It is also free, and Dumb Records will be event offering 20% off everything in store starting at 6:00 pm to get you out to this! Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a listing of events happening in Southtown.

DUMB FEST 4-EVER Announcement #2

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Time for a nice little Monday night surprise! Or a big Monday night surprise! It’s time for the second wave of bands to be announced for Dumb Fest 4-Ever happening on June 10th, 11th, and 12th here in Springfield. Tonight we are announcing another eight bands to be playing the festival in June. Here they are:

C.C.T.V. (North West Indiana)
POOKIE & THE POODLEZ (Oakland, CA)
The F.U.F.S. (Oklahoma City, OK)
VADERBOMB (Louisville, KY)
86 GEMINI (Chicago, IL)
LIVIN’ THING (Springfield, IL)
TAKE MY BIKE PLEASE (Bloomington/Normal, IL)
SHARK WEEK (Springfield, IL)

You can find music for most of those bands by clicking the links on their names. Also checkout Pookie & The Poodlez streaming on the player below. Go check out the Dumb Fest 4 facebook event for a closer look at which of those bands will be playing which days. Also check out our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page to view the what bands have been announced so far at all times. Other bands will be likely announced in two more waves, coming at ya throughout the rest of this month!

Dry Heave: “Designer Skin”

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Here’s yet another demo coming out of the Ooey Gooey roster this time from the band Dry Heave. Dry Heave is more Champaign/Urbana-based than Springfield, but features Mario Cannamela (Springfield native) of bands Soap Scum, Livin’ Thing, Wir Können, etc. Also this release is being put out by local label Ooey Gooey tapes on cassette so we felt it is more than worth mentioning! This is also the fourth release Ooey Gooey is involved in putting out this year, wow! You can find Designer Skin by Dry Heave streaming on the player below. Also head over to the release on bandcamp to download at your own price.

Dry Heave will be performing next at Black Sheep on Sunday, March 27th (Easter Day) along with Looming and Our Lady for a show we haven’t gotten a post up for yet! (It’s coming soon)! Find an event for that one right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Lavender, Old Fox Road, Suction Cups, Undeserving

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It’s a Sunday night, and yes we are having a show! Yes, that does make it four shows out of the past five days for us! This show will be the end of a four or five day run for Central Illinois bands Lavender and Old Fox Road. The two will be heading out on the road together and ending the run with this show at Black Sheep. Stream some of Old Fox Road’s music below. Old Fox Road also recently recorded in South Town Studio behind Black Sheep. Also on this show we have the surf-rock Springfield band, The Suction Cups. And opening things up looks like we have the hardcore/emo band Undeserving from Bloomington/Normal.

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 good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Wir Können, Fourside, Moondead, The Locals

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Hope everyone enjoyed their Friday night break from shows last night, now it’s time to get back to it tonight with this killer lineup of a show! Tonight the show will feature Springfield emo rockers Wir Können (how nice). The one out of town band we have on this bill is the band Fourside from Bloomington/Normal. You can stream one of their tracks on the player below. We also have the three-piece newer Springfield punk band Moondead, which features members of previous bands Bad Banshee, Garter, and Wilt Candy. Opening things up we have locals, The Locals playing some nice and friendly pop rock music.

The show here 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 better look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.