Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary Show Tonight

Posted on September 15, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Tonight’s the night! Come out and help us celebrate a whole 13 years of Black Sheep being open as an all ages space in Springfield! We are now a teenager! Tonight is also going to be the drawing for Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018! Come out and experience this magic! At the top of the bill we have Jacksonville-based psychedelic rock band “The Dixie Narcos” who’s album we streamed on our site yesterday. We also have out of town friends Reaver from Alton, IL, who’s music you can find streaming on the player below. Up before that is a new Springfield punk project (this one you can mosh to, yes) called Uncle Sam’s Mutagenic Children. Opening things up we have two rare solo sets – one from Brandon Carnes and another from Jameson Bullock.

This show tonight starts (on time) at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Names for Black Sheep Band Lotto will also be drawn at the end of the night so be sure to stick around for that! Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

The Dixie Narcos: “Neurotic Satanic”

Posted on September 14, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Tomorrow night, The Dixie Narcos (a newer group from Jacksonville, Illinois formed by some members of previous band “Flamingo) will be headlining the Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary show. The band’s debut full length album, Neurotic Satanic came out close to three months ago now and we’ve been meaning to make a post about it! You can find the 15-track album streaming on the player below. Head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can support the band and download the album. The album is also available on cassette over at Dumb Records.

The Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary show kicks off tomorrow at 7:00 pm. Find a facebook event for it right here. There will also be our annual drawing for Black Sheep band lotto at the end of the show.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on September 12, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey-o! It’s another exciting week at Dumb Records (what’s left of it, anyways). The store is located at 1107 South Grand Ave. East and is open every day from noon to 8:00 pm. This week we’ve got a fresh stack of used vinyl hitting the shelves to list off here. Get an even more in depth look at what’s out there on our Discogs page, or just come in the store and look around (hot tip: everything in the store is cheaper than what’s listed on Discogs). Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for the next week and then dive into what’s new:

Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday: noon – 8:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Tuesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
The Allman Brothers Band – The Road Goes On Forever
America – Harbor
Andy Pratt – Andy Pratt
Baja Marimba Band – Baja Marimba Band
Basel Rathbone / Nigel Bruce – Sherlock Holmes Adventures
Billy Idol – Whiplash Smile
Bobby Darin – Oh! Look At Me Now
Bread – Manna
Chi Coltrane – Chi Coltrane
David Crosby – Oh Yes I Can
David Crosby & Graham Nash – Wind On The Water
Don Agrati – Homegrown
Exile – Hang On To Your Heart
Exile – More of the Best of Exile
Exile – Heart & Soul
Exile – All There Is
Exile – Stage Pass
Honeymoon Suite – Honeymoon Suite
Inner Sanctum – When Radio Was King
Frizzell & West – Our Best To You
Jermaine Jackson – Sweetest Sweetest
Joe Sun – Old Flames (Can’t Hold A Candle To You)
J.P. Annadeene Fraley – Wild Rose of the Mountain
Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Men From Earth
Poco – Poco
Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway
Redd Foxx – The Both Sides of Redd Foxx
Richie Furay – Dance A Little Light
Roger Voudouris – Radio Dream
Sneaker – Sneaker
Steve Goodman – Words We Can Dance To
The Van Roekel Sisters – Come Along With Me
Various – Today’s Gold
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
Youngbloods – Rock Festival

Tonight at Black Sheep: Final Order, Stellatone, Schedule One

Posted on September 10, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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Tonight! We have a Monday night show going on that will be short and sweet to kick off your work (or school) week. We just have three acts lined up, and all are great. This show features touring band from Hattiesburg, Mississippi (probably featuring members of some Hattiesburg bands that have stopped through before) – Stellatone. The band plays some “interstellar garage rock” which you can check out for yourself on the player embedded below. Also on this show is a new Springfield punk band “Final Order” which has played a couple of shows thus far. Opening things up is a brand new new Springfield project called Schedule One, we we have been told brings in some great noisy psychadelic madness.

This show will go quick! It starts at 7:00 pm 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 good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Videos: Graveswitcher & MAC at Black Sheep Fest 2018

Posted on September 9, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Look-ee here, today we are bringing you a couple of videos of songs we took from Black Sheep Fest 2018, which happened right around one month ago on August 11th. These two videos are snippets of sets of Graveswitcher and MAC and you can find them embedded below. The MAC song is “Authority” which the band released the official music video and recording for the song last week. Then the Graveswitcher video is of them performing their song “The Toob” and is very movement-heavy, just how some of you like it. (Slam-Cam 2018).

Check out our vids/pics page on our site for a long list of other videos taken over the years at Black Sheep. Also Gordon Chang is an incredible man and took videos of the full sets of nearly every Black Sheep Fest performance, which you can find on his channel right here.

Black Sheep Band Lotto 2018

Posted on September 8, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s that time of year again. The Black Sheep Band Lotto Box is now OUT and alive inside Dumb Records from now until a week from now on Saturday, September 15th when names are drawn.

What is Black Sheep Band Lotto? This will be the fifth year we have held such an event. Willing participants for the next week put their own names into this box. Names are drawn in one week in groups of fours and fives. It is then the task of these groups to get together and form one band to perform one show two months from when the names are drawn. The Band Lotto Show will be held this year on Friday, November 16th.

*Note about the band lotto: putting your name into this box can be a serious commitment – at the very least it means getting together with a group of people at least once a week to write songs and play instruments. Do not put your name in this box if you are not prepared to do that. If you do not know how to play an instrument this means taking on a challenging task of practicing every day! Do NOT put anyone else’s name inside the Band Lotto Box, you will ruin it for everybody!!!

Names are drawn a week from today at the Black Sheep 13 Year Anniversary Show. Names will be drawn after the last band is done playing.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Better Friend, Prowess, Oversleeping, Heck

Posted on September 8, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s one rainy weekend going on in Springfield, and we’ve got this show lined up! Slap on your boots, grab your umbrellas, and come out to this gig. Tonight we’ve got Lincoln, Nebraska post-hardcore band Better Friend. Let them be your better friend and listen to their music on the player embedded below. We’ve also got Springfield punk band Prowess on board, who also just played here last weekend. The other out-of-towner on the bill is Oversleeping from the St. Louis area. Opening things up may or may not be Hannah Heck… there might be a rumor that she is unable to play tonight and there might be a replacement artist opening things up.

All of that starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $7! 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 this fall.

September 17th at Black Sheep: Double Grave, Bottom Bracket, Nectar, Kate Laine

Posted on September 7, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another show! This one is happening in exactly ten days on Monday, September 17th at Black Sheep. This one features three-piece rock group “Double Grave” from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check out their newest EP streaming below to hear what they sound like. This show will also feature Springfield’s own home grown noodle rock emo group Bottom Bracket. And friends from Champaign/Urbana, the wonderful Nectar. You know you can’t go wrong with a lineup like that. Opening things up we have a solo set from local musician Kate Laine.

This one starts at 7:00 pm and admission is a nice $6. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Starter Jackets: “Decisions”

Posted on September 7, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

There is a lot of new Springfield music that has been coming out that we have been trying to keep up with! Here’s a brand new full length album that came out last month by Springfield pop punk group Starter Jackets. The album is called Decisions and you can find it streaming on the player below. The album was recorded right here in Springfield by Luke McNeil of Capital City Recordings. It is being released on Rad Girlfriend Records based out of Ohio. Head over to the band’s bandcamp page to pay to download the songs.

Starter Jackets will be performing a week from tonight at Bar None downtown along with Bottom Bracket and Evan Mitchell One Man Band. We hear that this might be the physical release show of their album in some form?? You’ll have to stop by the show tonight to find out! (Ages 21+).

We still have a lot of catching up to do, but we are adding this one to the list of Springfield releases for 2018 on our album archive page!

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on September 6, 2018 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey there! The week is almost over, but we have a stack of some new records and cassettes coming in at Dumb Records we figured we’d tell you about. The store is located at 1107 South Grand Ave. East and is open every day from noon to 8:00 pm. Let’s take a look at when the store is open this coming week and then get into the new arrivals. Also don’t forget that Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays the store has some super deals going on including half off cassettes, CDs, and even 75% off dollar bin records.

Friday: noon – 8:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm
Tuesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Thursay: noon – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Albert King – I Wanna Get Funky
Andy Pratt – Resolution
Aretha Franklin – Aretha’s Greatest Hits
Barry White – No Limit On Love
Billy Taylor – Impromptu
The California Poppy Pickers – Hair-Aquarius
Cate Bros. – Cate Bros.
Chicago – XI
Chicago – 16
Chuck Berry – 20 Greatest Hits
Dan Fogelberg – High Country Snows
Dan Fogelberg – Windows And Walls
Dennis Yost And The Classics IV – Golden Greats Vol. 1
Diana Ross – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Ekseption – Ekseption
Flash And The Pan – Flash And The Pan
Friend & Lover – Reach Out Of The Darkness
The Four Tops – Yesterday’s Dreams
Harry Chapin – Living Room Suite
The Jacksons – Destiny
James Michener – Favorite Music of Hawaii
John Renbourn – John Renbourn
Joe Tex – Bumps & Bruises
Martin Denny – Paradise Moods
Mick Fleetwood – The Visitor
Paul Lavalle – America’s Favorite Marches
The Raiders – Twistin’ The Country Classics
The Rick Furay Band – Rhythm of the Night
T-Connection – Magic
Tom Chapin – Let Me Back Into Your Life
Various – Styled Just For You

Used Cassettes
Air Supply – Greatest Hits
Alias – Alias
April Wine – Power Play
Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
Cinderella – Long Cold Winter
Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
Def Leppard – Pyromania
Eurythmics – Touch
Journey – Escape
Styx – Kilroy Was Here
Warrant – Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
ZZ Top – Eliminator