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Black Sheep Open Mic Tonight

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It’s been a little while since we’ve done a regular ol’ fashioned open mic night at Black Sheep, and there is one happening tonight! Our last one was combined with the “Drag’s Ball” which was a success. Tonight we are just doing a regular open mic with 15 and 30 minute time slots. There are even a few full bands playing tonight, including Jacob Metcalf on tour from Texas. Here’s the schedule with a few open slots still left:

9:45-10:00 – Jacob Metcalf (the band)
9:30-9:45 – Jacob Metcalf (the band)
9:15-9:30 – Stereo Static
9:00-9:15 – Stereo Static
8:45-9:00 – (open)
8:30-8:45 – Sawhorse
8:15-8:30 – Rustocrat
8:00-8:15 – Rustocrat
7:45-8:00 – Mantis
7:30-7:45 – Kristin Walker
7:15-7:30 – (open)
7:00-7:15 – new band

For the last few open slots, show up to the show early to claim them if you are interested in performing! You can find a facebook event for Black Sheep Open Mic right here. We will also make sure to have a freshly brewed pot of coffee for this one this time around. Be sure to also check out our shows page for a list of everything happening at Black Sheep in the near future.

Dog of Panic: “…of All Ambition”

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Today we are bringing you a stream of the brand new EP by Springfield jam-rock band Dog of Panic. The 7-track album is called “…of All Ambition” and you can find it streaming below. You can also head over to Dog of Panic’s bandcamp page and download the whole album for $4.

It doesn’t look like Dog of Panic currently have any shows lined up in town, but we will be sure to let you know next time they are performing at Black Sheep. There may have been a rumor going around of them performing at The Black Sheep Cover Show coming up! We’ll see!

Videos: The Good Companions at Black Sheep

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Today we are bringing you a video of Springfield jam group The Good Companions performing at Black Sheep as part of our Valentine’s Day Dance earlier this month. Look at that beautiful disco ball! The ball was smashed later that night during an out of control Livin’ Thing set, but all was fine and dandy during The Good Companions, which you can see in the video streaming below.

Check out a ton of different touring and local band videos on our “vids/pics” page.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Stereo Static, Fill In The Blank, Sammy & The Punk, The Locals, Blind Social, Stems, The Incorporated

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Why would any body put seven bands on one show? Who knows, but tonight it’s happening at Black Sheep! This one might look a little like the “Winter Wreck” that happened last month except without the “wreck!” This one is being called “The Stereo Show” because it features new Springfield band “Stereo Static“. You can stream some of their music on the player below. There are seven whole bands on this show (wow). Two more of them include Fill In The Blank and Sammy & The Punk, who both also played the Winter Wreck here last month. They both rock. On the bottom half of the flier we have the local pop group- “The Locals.” There’s another band called “Stems” that we don’t know a whole lot about, and then we have a couple of other groups familiar to Black Sheep- Blind Social and The Incorporated!

This one will be kicking off a little earlier at 6:00 pm, and the cover charge is just $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good list of all the shows coming up at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Wolv Luv, Pryss, GUSH, WLVES

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It’s time to let the wolves loose inside Black Sheep tonight! That’s right, we are having two wolf bands play tonight and it’s also the cassette release show for both Wolf Luv and Pryss. Pryss dropped their new 3-4 song demo online earlier this week, which you can listen to again on the player below. Wolf Luv will also be releasing a cassette at the show tonight, both being put out by Ooey Gooey Tapes. Also playing the show is Springfield’s own GUSH and a new Bloomington/Normal project which we don’t know a whole lot about called WLVES.

The show tonight will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Bring a few bucks for a tape maybe. 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 in the next few months.

Mates Fest 7 in Peoria April 14th-17th

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Last we told you about Discontent Fest happening June 25th and 26th at The Rail II in Peoria. It’s the first year Peoria is hosting that fest, but this year will be the seventh year for long-running Mates Fest which is happening four whole days from April 14th through the 17th. There are a ton of bands playing Mates Fest including Springfield’s own Hospital Job, Our Lady and Livin’ Thing. Check out the bands announced so far below:

All Eyes West (CHI)
Arcade at Midnight (309’r)
Astronomy Class (Peoria)
Better Half (Peoria)
Brief Candles (MKE)
Brody Maag Hits (Peoria)
Chimess (309’r)
Cold Grip (Peoria)
Dirty Rotten Revenge (Bloomington)
Drained (Peoria)
Dry Heave (Champaign-Urbana)
Emily Marie Prewitt (Peoria)
Endless Compromise (Pekin)
Fancy Hawk (Peoria)
The Fantastic Plastics (NYC)
Foolish Belief (Peoria)
Grill Billyenz (Normal)
Hospital Job (Springfield)
Jared Grabb (Peoria)
Juliene and Her Violent Femmes Situation (309’r)
Kelut (Peoria)
Kowabunga! Kid (Champaign)
Livin’ Thing (Springfield)
Memorial For A Dove (Peoria)
Men of Fortune (Peoria)
Motes (Urbana)
The Oceanographers (Peoria)
The Origin Story (Lincoln)
Our Lady (Springfield)
Phantom Noise (Peoria)
Reduced to Instinct (Bloomington)
Rings (Peoria)
Shannon Moore Shepherd (Peoria)
The Siamese Connection (Peoria)
Sonic Comet (309’r)
Surrenderson (CHI/Normal)
Take My Bike, Please (309’r)
Terribly Happy (Peoria)
Thetah (Peoria)
Time Cube (Peoria)
Time Machine Guns (309’r)
Todays Hits (CHI)
Twin Galaxies (Peoria)
Unamused Dave (Germantown Hills)
Undeserving (Central IL)
Untaken Name (Peoria)
Up&At’em (Peoria Heights)
Winder (Bloomington)
Windowlicker (309’r)
Worry (CO)
Yonsei (STL)
Zach Clayton (Peoria)

That’s a lot of bands! And they aren’t even done announcing them yet! Stay updated with band announcements on the Mates Fest 7 facebook event. The fest will be happening at The Rail II and Peoria Pizza Works both in Peoria. The event is also for charity supporting the Peoria Regional Chapter Autism Society of America. Also follow the facebook page for more info on set times, and ticket prices when that info becomes available.

March 16th at Dumb Records: The Elsinores, Globsters, F///\\\M, Gutterpriest

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It has been a long time since we have seen a show hosted at Southtown record store Dumb Records! We have one being announced for Wednesday, March 16th. This one will be an early show in the record store starting at 6:00 pm so it will get over in time for game night at Black Sheep at 8:00 pm. There is a rumor going around that the record store might have a little bit more open space in time for this show. This show will feature the Lexington, Kentucky band The Elsinores, which you can stream on the player below. The Elsinores will be on tour with a one-man band called Globsters, which we have been told will blow your minds. Speaking of one-man projects, we have a few local ones also on the show. We have F///\\\M on board who we have not seen in a while. There is another rumor going around that F///\\\M is breaking up since half of their members are moving to Florida. Who knows if that is true! Opening things up is the one-man grind machine Gutterpriest.

Again, this show will begin at 6:00 pm. Dumb Records will be asking for suggested donations of $5 to go to the touring acts. In addition to all of this, Dumb Records will be offering 20% off everything in the store during the 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 all of the other shows coming up in the next few months in Southtown.

The Studio Show Episode 5: The Radon Lounge, Erin Steinhauer

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New Springfield TV show that doesn’t actually air on TV yet- “The Studio Show” have premiered their fifth episode exactly one week ago. We sure do love this episode because it features our friends and Springfield basement venue The Radon Lounge. That’s Studio Show host Arlin Peebles performing at their last show pictured above. Also on this episode is Springfield musician and massagist Erin Steinhauer.

Find the new episode of The Studio Show streaming below. Also head over to The Studio Show’s youtube page to find all of the past episodes and some other videos that they have released. The Studio Show has been coming out with a new episode every other Wednesday, with the next one scheduled for next week.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s another new and exciting week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East Avenue). There are plenty of used LPs and CDs hitting the shelves this week, and we’re talking about some quality stuff. You can see that long list at the bottom of the post. Some of you caught Dumb Records taking over the Black Sheep Radio Show this past Friday, well that just might be happening again this week! Let’s take a look at Dumb Records’s operating hours this week before getting into the new arrivals:

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

Used LPs
Antill – Corroboree
Billy “Crash” Craddock – Turning Up And Turning On
Bobby Vee – Take Good Care Of My Baby
Bobby Vinton – Greatest Hits
Carpenters – A Song For You
Carpenters – Close To You
Carpenters – Singles 1969-1973
The Carter Family – Keep On The Sunny Side
Charly McClain – Encore
Chicago – Chicago’s Greatest Hits
Claude Bolling – Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio No. 2
Danny Davis And The Nashville Brass – Movin’ On
Dave Clark – Dave Clark’s Time The Album
Dave Sugar – Tear Time
Diana Ross And The Supremes – Reflections
Donna Summer – Live And More
The Edgar Winter Group – With Rick Derringer
Electric Light Orchestra – ELO’s Greatest Hits
Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
Elton John – Jump Up!
Enoch Light & The Light Brigade – Movie Hits
Frank Sinatra – Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back
Frankie Valli – The Very Best Of
Gene Ammons – Light, Bluesy, and Moody
George Antheil – Ballet Mecanique / A Jazz Symphony
George Beverly Shea – Inspirational Songs
George Thorogood And The Destroyers – Live
Herbie Mann – The Evolution Of Mann
Iron Butterfly – Metamorphosis
Iron Butterfly – Ball
The Isley Brothers – Go For Your Guns
The Jackson Five – Lookin’ Through Windows
Jay & The Techniques – Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
Jimmy Swaggart – The Golden Gospel Piano
Johnny Cash 0 Silver
KISS – Rock And Roll Over
Lionel Richie – Lionel Richie
Little Richard – King of Rock and Roll
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty – We Only Make Believe
Louis Armstrong / King Oliver – Louis Armstrong and King Oliver
Louis Armstrong – Archive of Folk and Jazz Music
Madonna – Madonna
Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell
Michael Jackson – Bad
Michael Jackson – Farewell My Summer Love 1984
Neil Diamond – Touching You Touching Me
New Monkees – New Monkees
Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
Roy Acuff – Smoky Mountain Memories
Roy Clark – He’ll Have To Go
Roy Clark – The Best Of
Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba
Steely Dan – Greatest Hits
Tony Joe White – Black And White
Various – 16 Greatest Truck Driver Hits
Various – The 1969 Warner/Reprise Songbook
Various – The Big Beat of Yesterday
Various – Jazz Poll Winners
Various – Jazz Set
Various – Twenty All-Star Country Hits
Various – Windham Hill Records Sampler ‘86
The Ventures – The Fabulous Ventures
Walt Disney – Mother Good Rhymes And Their Stories

Used CDs
Alan Jackson – A Lot About Livin’
The Beach Boys – 32 Little Deuce Coupe
Billy Ray Cyrus – Some Gave All
Bruce Hornsby – Harbor Lights
Eric Clapton – Slowhand
Fleetwood Mac – Behind The Mask
Garth Brooks – Ropin’ The Wind
Neil Sedaka – Oh! Carol and Other Big Hits
Neil Young – Unplugged
Sha Na Na Na – 20 Greatest Hits
Various – Easy Listening Gold 1958-1959
Various – Wrangler Cowboy Christmas
Wynonna – Wynonna Kudd
Zamfir – Colors
ZZ Top – Greatest Hits

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Mysterious Skin, Starlorde, Garter

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There’s a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! This is going to be a three-band punk show that is going to get over real quick so you will have plenty of time to get back home and get that homework done or play a game of Monopoly with your family. For the show tonight we have the band Mysterious Skin coming all the way from Seattle. You can stream their new demo below. This show also features a band new Springfield band called “Starlorde.” We don’t know a whole lot about this band other than it features members of GUSH, Panzys, and The Locals. Opening things up tonight is Garter, who have not played a set at Black Sheep since November!

The show tonight starts 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 in the next few months.