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Tonight at Black Sheep: “The New Class” Hip Hop Showcase

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Tonight at Black Sheep would you believe it, this is actually going to be our last show of the entire 2015. What a year it has been, folks. Our last show of the year happening tonight is a hip hop show featuring a lot of new and upcoming artists. This show is being called “The New Class” all-ages hip-hop show, being put on by Straight Drop Media and 217hiphop.com. Here is their description of the event:

straightdrophiphop.com has partnered with Bar Brawl Battle League to bring you “The New Class” an ALL AGES Hip-Hop showcase and battle event!

The show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what other shows are happening in 2016 at Black Sheep.

The Illinois Times: “Making A Scene”

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This week’s issue of The Illinois Times features a cover story article with an interesting perspective on the music scene in Springfield and the challenges when it comes to bringing people out to shows and organizing festivals. The Illinois Times put together a panel for a discussion for one night featuring show and festival promoters from different areas of the music scene. The panel included Brian Galecki of Black Sheep/Dumb Records, Aaron Uncanny Phillips of Torch Tuesday/217 Hip Hop, Robbie Kording of The Timmys, and more. From the article:

The music scene here has long been both fertile and problematic, with dozens of active artists playing original material in various styles and genres but facing a shrinking number of venues in which to perform and audiences which have sometimes been difficult to cultivate. These same problems often hold true for shows by national and international touring acts when they play in town. The discussion was an attempt to pinpoint both the challenges and advantages specific to presenting music in Springfield, along with finding ways promoters might work together to improve the music scene as a whole.

Check out the full article online right here, or pick up a copy of The Illinois Times at various local businesses around town. There is currently a stack of this issue inside Dumb Records.

Black Sheep Holiday Show Tonight with Hospital Job, The Locals, SAP, The Suction Cups

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Tonight is a very special night! It’s the time of the year for us to all come together for the very special Holiday show at Black Sheep. Bring your hot chocolate and scarves. Tonight we have a great all-local lineup of bands. This includes Hospital Job, who will be releasing their third LP, Never Get Cold. You can find some of that right here, and stream Hospital Job’s previous album below. We also have the Springfield High School-based pop group, The Locals, who also one best under-21 band in The Illinois Times this past year. Before them is SAP who we have been told might be performing a special set as a two-piece. Kicking things off is The Suction Cups- a newer spooky silly band featuring members of Ragna Rye and Bad Banshee.

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 this winter.

 

Trailer for “The Studio Show”

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Today we are bringing you a trailer for a brand new T.V. show coming to Springfield later this month that will be focusing on local artists and musicians. The show is being called “The Studio Show“being put together by Arlin Peebles, Keil Isham, and a few others. In the trailer you can find snippets of some familiar musicians you may have seen around Southtown including Clare Frachey of SAP, Jim Whitehead of Say Something, Jeff Williams of NIL8, and more. The show will premier at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, December 23rd. You can find more info on how to tune in and stay updated on The Studio Show facebook page.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s another week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East Ave.) and we wanted to make sure we got the list of new arrivals for the week up on the site before the week is over! Of course earlier today we just announced the Dumb Records two year anniversary show happening next month, which is exciting stuff. This week the store has plenty of good used LPs and 7″s in, which we have listed below. Let’s take a look at the store hours for this week:

Wednesday (today): 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Aerosmith – Draw The Line
American Gigolo – Original Soundtrack Recording
Bad Azz – How We Get Down 12” single
Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
Big Dick – Big Dick
Billy Williams & The Westerners – Your Cheatin’ Heart: A Memory To Hank Williams
Carly Simon – Boys in Trees
Charlie Daniels – Uneasy Rider
Choking Victim – No Gods / No Managers
Derek & The Dominos – In Concert
Eagles – Desperado
Eddie And The Cruisers – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Fixx – Phantoms
Gordon Lightfoot – Summertime Dream
Herp Alpert And The Tijuana Brass – Foursider
Iron Butterfly – Sorching Beauty
James Last Band – Seduction
Jeff Beck – Truth
Jeff Beck Group – Rough And Ready
Joan Baez – In Concert Part 2
Joe Jackson – I’m The Man
John Hunter – Famous At Night
Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel
Maths / Throughts – Split
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Christmas Carols Around The World
Olivia Newton-John – Greatest Hits
Pat Travers – The Pat Travers You Missed Mini-Album
The Pretenders – Pretenders
Rations – For Victory
Robert Plant – Shaken ‘n’ Stirred
Roger Miller – Dang Me
Santana – Caravanserai
Twisted Sister – Leader of the Pack 12” single
Various – Back To Cool!
Various – City Limits: Down And Out In Toronto & Montreal
Various – Sonic Bullets
The Ventures – The Very Best Of The Ventures
The Ventures – The Ventures
The Ventures – Walk Don’t Run

Used 7”s
Copecharge – Kill Cops EP
The Holy Mountain – Cobra Noir
Ghost Police – Dead Soul Noise
Radio Reelers – Too Dumb To Quit
Sleepwell – Is That Factual?
Street Eaters – Ashley And Shattuck
Tractor Sex Fatality – Live It Down

Dumb Records 2 Year Anniversary Show January 16th at Black Sheep

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We have some exciting stuff happening coming up in the new year, and on Saturday, January 16th we will be celebrating two whole years of Dumb Records being here in Southtown. To celebrate we will be having a show at Black Sheep. For this show we have the alternative/punk band boon on the top of the bill. Then we have a couple of touring bands from St. Louis. One of them is Carte de Visite, who have played here in Southtown a couple of years back once on the ramp of Skank Skates. You can check out their music streaming below. This time around Carte de Visite will be touring with a newer St. Louis band called Wow Wow Gold. And speaking of newer bands, this show will also be the very first for a brand new Springfield band called “Livin Thing,” which features members of King Worm, Soap Scum, GUSH, Teen Freak, and Asthma.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Dumb Records will also be open all day from noon to 9:00 pm. There will be a 15% off sale going on for every item in the store the whole day. Check out our shows page for a list of shows happening in Southtown in the next few months.

Vote in our Best of Springfield Music 2015 Poll

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It’s time to kick off our annual Springfield “Best of” Music poll for 2015 here on blacksheepspringfield.com! You are all invite to vote! Voting will go from now until 8:00 pm on Wednesday, December 23rd.

VOTE HERE!!

This marks the fourth year we have done our Springfield local music year-end poll. Like the other three years, we are asking for your favorite shows, albums/releases, and songs by your favorite local bands. Don’t forget that this poll embodies all of Springfield music – not just limited to shows or bands that frequently play Black Sheep. Last year we added a suggestion box to the poll and got some interesting results, so we decided to do the same again this year. We will release the results from the top five in each category before the end of the year with little write-ups by our staff writers and other members of local bands. Check out the results from last year’s poll below:

Best of 2014 Springfield Albums/Releases
Best of 2014 Springfield Songs
Best of 2014 Springfield Shows

January 11th at Black Sheep: Roots Like Mountains, Noesis, Set Fire To Salem, Vacant Skies, Through Burning Eyes

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It looks like we can announce our first metal show of 2016 happening on Monday, January 11th. This show will feature the touring spoken word/indie act Roots Like Mountains coming all the way from Colorado Springs, Colorado. You can check out some of their music streaming below. Also on this show is Carlinville/Central Illinois-based metal band Noesis who are no strangers to Black Sheep. Before them is the newer Springfield metal band Set Fire To Salem. We also have the three-piece metalcore band Vacant Skies. Then it looks like things are going to kick off with “Through Burning Eyes“- a newer metalcore band from Alton, Illinois.

This show will start at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) and admission is $7. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else will be coming up at Black Sheep in 2016.

January 10th at Black Sheep: Wir Können, Farseek, The Suction Cups, Moondead

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We just told you a few hours ago that Wir Können will be heading out on the road with Farseek from Columbus, OH at the start of the year for a 10-day long tour. The last day of the tour will be a return-from-tour show right here at Black Sheep. Of course Wir Können and Farseek will both be playing the show, and you can stream some of Farseek’s music on the player below. We also have (the fabulous) Suction Cups getting spooky again for this show. The newer band features members of Bad Banshee, Ragna Rye, and Fel Fae for those of you who are not familiar. Opening things up is a brand new Springfield project called Moondead which features members of Bad Banshee and Wilt Candy (we are pretty sure).

The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can 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 Black Sheep in the new year.