Tonight at Black Sheep: Devil’s Den, Outcast, Prowess, Final Order

Posted on November 18, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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This show that we just told you about on here yesterday is happening tonight! It’s currently snowing outside, but the heat is working well inside of Black Sheep right now, we promise. Tonight on tour the band Devil’s Den from Kansas City, Missouri is coming. You can stream their music on the player below. Devil’s Den will be on tour with other hardcore group Outcast from Kentucky. Also on this show we’ve got two locals. We have Prowess, who just recorded new material in some fancy studio somewhere. Opening things up we have Final Order.

This show will start tomorrow night at 7:00 pm. Admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page, which we are working on updating now!

Foot: “Big”

Posted on November 17, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Have you heard the four song release by the newest Springfield doom / experimental project called “Foot”? Well here it is streaming on the player below, all four tracks. You can also head over to Foot’s bandcamp page to pay to download the tracks. It’s heavy stuff.

Foot is actually performing at Dumb Records this upcoming Friday for Black Friday Record Store Day! That show starts at 7:00 pm inside the record store and is free. More info on that right here.

We also added this release to our list of 2018 releases in our Springfield album archive. We are adding to the list and gearing up for our annual Best of Springfield Music 2018 poll soon!

Photos: Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018

Posted on November 17, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you some photos taken from Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018, which was just last night (wow that was quick, wasn’t it)!? There are 27 photos total, check a few out above and below. Last night all seven bands that were drawn took the stage in some form or another (which might be the first time in Band Lotto history that that was the case). Band Lotto Band #3 “EGGMAN” also made Band Lotto history by being the first band to show up to the show with a physical release of recorded material which was a limited run of 25 lathe cut records. The record was “Record of the Night” pictured below.

Go check out all of the photos from last night right here. Check out our shows/vids page for more photos taken over the years at Black Sheep. Gordon Chang was also taking video last night and you can probably expect those videos to turn out soon. Activator Magazine was also there taking more photos, so there are more on the way!

Tomorrow Night At Black Sheep: Devils Den, Outcast, Prowess, Final Order

Posted on November 17, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

We’ve got a slammer coming up tomorrow night! Alert! Alert! Sorry for telling you all about this right now. We’re working on updating that shows page for the end of the year, we promise. Anyways, this one is happening tomorrow – the band Devil’s Den from Kansas City, Missouri is coming. You can stream their music on the player below. Devil’s Den will be on tour with other hardcore group Outcast from Kentucky. Also on this show we’ve got two locals. We have Prowess, who just recorded new material in some fancy studio somewhere. Opening things up we have Final Order.

This show will start tomorrow night at 7:00 pm. Admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page, which we are working on updating now!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Band Lotto 2018

Posted on November 16, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight is a special night at Black Sheep because it’s the show for our Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018! This is the fifth year we have done this event believe it or not – back in September willing participants put their name into a box to be drawn in groups at random to be given the task of forming a band with these groups to perform one show. Thirty people put their names in this year and seven bands were drawn. We will see how many of them get up on stage tonight! It will surely be a fun time no matter what.

Things start tonight at Black Sheep at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. Definitely come out even if you didn’t put your name in the box – or if you did and things didn’t work out for your band, come out too! Find a facebook event for band lotto right here. Check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this year.

New Arrivals This Weekend At Dumb Records

Posted on November 15, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s pretty much the weekend, right? What’s up with all this snow on the ground? We just told you about what’s going on for Black Friday Record Store Day in just about one week at Dumb Records, here we are again with what’s been new in the store this week. There is still a steady flow of hip hop and R&B 12″ singles from the 90’s and 00’s flowing in, also new this week the store has been starting to get a bunch of premium still sealed CDs of all different genres. Come on out to Black Sheep Band Lotto tomorrow night and see for yourself! Let’s look at the store’s hours for the next week and then get into what’s new:

Friday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm
Tuesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Thursday: [closed for Thanksgiving]
Friday (Black Friday): 8:00 am – 10:00 pm

Used LPs
Gary U.S. Bonds – Dedication
The Johnny Van-Zant Band – The Last Of The Wild Ones
Leon Russell – Life And Love
Mason Williams – Phonograph Record
Michael Stanley Band – Cabin Fever
Michael Stanley Band – Heartland
Peter Frampton – Wind of Change
Robin Trower – Live!
Rocky Burnette – The Sun of Rock And Roll
Ruth Brown – Softly
Santana – Marathon
Steve Winwood – Talking Back To The Night
Steve Windwood – Chronicles
Traffic – Heavy Traffic
WAR – All Day Music
Wishbone Ash – Locked In
Wishbone Ash – Hot Ash

Used 12” Singles
112 – Peaches & Cream
112 – Only You
Ali Vegas – It’s Time
Ali – Love Letters Remix
Case – Missing You
Cee-Lo – Gettin’ Grown
Celia Cruz – Ella Tiene Fuego Remixes
Chante Moore – Straight Up
Charli Baltimore – Hey Charli
Chronic 2000 – Still Smokin’
Chico DeBarge – Give You What You Want
Craig David – 7 Days
Coko – Sunshine
Complexions – Gangsta Blues / I Wanna Get To Know You
Cool Breeze – Cre-A-Tine
Common – I Got A Right Ta
Common – Come Close To Me
Crash – Raven / Street Cats
Crib Underground – Crib Underground
Crimewave – Think Big
Criminalz – Doing It Big / My Life
Da Brat – What’chu Like
Fatima – Crazy For You
Felecia – This Ain’t Livin Remixes
Field Mob – All I Know
Four Tops – Night Light Harmony
Freckles – Dance With Me
Funkmaster Flex & Big Kep – Ill Bomb / Communication
The Lox – Money, Power & Respect
The Lox – F*ck You
Major Figgas – Yeah That’s Us
Mister Tibbs – Sureshots
Onyx – Slam
Outsiderz 4 Life – College Degree
Rah Digga – Break Fool
Skee-Lo – At The Mall
Skooter Mac – Been Sooo Long

New CD’s
2Pac – Until The End of Time
Adema – Adema
Beach Boys – Concert
Bonnie Raitt – Fundamental
Boston – Corporate America
Brand New Immortals – Tragic Show
Brian Culbertson – After Hours
Built To Spill – Perfect From Now On
Chris Whitley – Rocket House
Count Basie – 1946-1947
Electronic – Raise The Pressure
Elton John – Caribou
Enigma – MCMCX a.D.
DJ Spooky – Optometry
Everlast – Eat At Whiteys
Face To Face – Ignorance Is Bliss
The Fugees – The Score
George Duke – Muir Woods Suite
The Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy Up The Girl
Goo Goo Dolls – Superstar Car Wash
Gordon Lightfoot – Summer Side of Love
Huey Lewis And The News – Hard At Play
Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius
Jethro Tull – Stand Up
Joan Jett & THe Blackhearts – Notorious
John Hammond – Got Love If You Want It
John McLaughlin – The Heart of Things
Joni Mitchell – Blue
John Scofield – Quiet
Keith Sweat – Make It Last Forever
Keith Sweat – Keith Sweat
Miles Davis – Porgy And Bes
Miles Davis – You’re Under Arrest
Orbital – Back To Mine
Pat Metheny Group – Quartet
Peter, Paul and Mary – Late Again
R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
R.E.M. – Singles Collected
Shyheim – Manchild
Sun Ra – The Magic City
TLC – Fanmail
Tony Bennett – The Art of Romance
Various – Blue Roots Volume Three
Various – Deep Porn
Various – Trance
Weather Report – Black Market
Will Smith – Born To Reign

November 23rd: Black Friday Record Store Day at Dumb Records

Posted on November 15, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey! Did you know that one week from tomorrow is one of the biggest days of the year for us at Southtown Record Store Dumb Records? That’s because it is Black Friday Record Store Day, which happens every year (similar to Record Store Day in April). This year that is taking place the day after Thanksgiving on Friday, November 23rd. The store has a good number of exclusive releases coming in as usual, but will also be doing the biggest sale we have ever held – 50% off the entire store (new and used). Wow! In addition to all of that there will be a show in the store at 7:00 pm, which is free!

Let’s take a look at the acts performing for the in-store show at 7:00 pm. The one full band we have on the bill is a newer Springfield project and from our understanding a heavier band called “Foot“. You can stream some Foot on the player below. Also performing is Kenyon DeShasier. Kenyon makes a lot of music, you should check out his Youtube page. Before that we have excellent musician Matt LaMarca. And opening things up looks like we have a solo musician from Winchester, IL who recently put out an album that we carry in our store on vinyl – Stuart Smith.

The store is open from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm for Black Friday (wow). It’s probably safe to say that we’ll have coffee and donuts for all of you early birds. Check out a facebook event for Black Friday at Dumb Records here. The 50% sale applies to everything except those exclusive releases. Do you want that list of exclusives? Here you go:

Antrax – Kings Among Scotland (LPx3)
B-52’s – Cosmic Thing (Rainbow Colored LP)
Bauhaus – Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape (White LP)
Borns – Borns Live At Amoeba (12”)
Breeders – Safari EP
Cheap Trick – Epic Archive Vol. 2 1980-1983 (LPx2, Clear)
CKY – Too Precious To Kill
John Coltrane – Selects From Both Directions At Once (12”, Orange)
Czarface – Dog Days of Tomorrow 7” + Comic Book
Devo – Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo (Picture Disc)
Dr. Octagon – Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation LP
Flaming Lips – Mushroom Tapes (Colored LP)
Germs – What We Do Is Secret EP (Blue)
Grateful Dead – Playing In The Band Seattle WA (LP)
Gravediggaz – 6 Feet Deep (LPx2, Picture Disc)
Judas Priest – Rock A Rolla (LP)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire (LP, Smoke Swirl)
Jim Morrison & The Doors – An American Prayer (LP, Red)
Harry Nilsson – Popeye: Music From The Motion Picture (LP)
Ramones – Live In Glasgow (LPx2)
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 (Picture Disc)
Sublime – Greatest Hits (Yellow LP + Flexi)
Taylor Swift – Red (Clear LP)
Talking Heads – Remain In Light (LP, Clear Red)
Type O Negative – Bloody Kisses (LPx3)
Weezer – Africa (Picture Disc)
Iggy & The Stooges – Rare Power (LP)
Outkast – Rosa Parks (LP)
Rage Against The Machine – Live & Rare (LPx2)

November Issue of Activator + Shirts, Stickers, Buttons Available at Dumb Records

Posted on November 11, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Hi, here is a post (a little late) to let you know that we do have (*and very limited copies of) the new November issue of Activator Magazine. Activator is the newest (half a year old now) Springfield fanzine focusing on local music and art in Central Illinois. This month’s issue features Ayo Dele – head of HISO Music & Entertainment which just opened up a new studio here in Springfield not far from Black Sheep. The issue also features album reviews, show calendars, a rundown on Springfield hip hop and other interviews, and an interview on what The Studio Show guys have been up to.

Pick up a copy for free inside Dumb Records now, the store is open noon – 8pm every day. We are also now stocked with Activator shirts, stickers, and buttons! (Pictured above).

November 14th at Black Sheep: Graveswitcher, Flesh Mother, Foam Fangers, Gutterpriest

Posted on November 11, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Hi all, are you ready to hear about the next show that we have lined up at Black Sheep? This one is happening this upcoming Wednesday, November 14th. It features a touring hardcore band from Cincinnati, Ohio called “Flesh Mother.” Stream some of their music on the player embedded below. We also have heavy Springfield hardcore act Graveswitcher on the bill. Up before those two are – who’s fangers? Foam Fangers– the rowdy Springfield punk group. Opening things up it looks like we have a noisy performance by Gutterpriest– back from the dead?

All of this starts on Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. Check out 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 at Black Sheep in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: KaBass, Mario, Ghost, Kid Nightmare

Posted on November 10, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s the weekend! And it’s cold outside! Well guess what, our heat is working great inside Black Sheep and we’ve got a different show going on tonight than we usually host. It’s a night of electronic and dubstep music. This show features long running Springfield electronic project KaBass. We also have “Mario” aka “Funky House”? Who is also based right here in Springfield. Another group on this bill is “Kid Nightmare” coming from St. Louis. You can check out a 25 minute long piece by Kid Nightmare on the player below. The last group on the bill is “Ghost” – which apparently is some hip hop from Peoria! All sorts of great things going on!

This show starts at 7:00 pm typical show time and is just $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else we’ve got coming up at Black Sheep for the rest of this year.