Four More Additions to Dumb Fest 5: Death Valley, Bleak Age, The Dry Look, Video Grave

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Happy Friday! T.G.I.F, right? It’s hard to believe it but we are now exactly three weeks away from the kickoff of Dumb Fest 5 happening on June 9th, 10th, and 11th right here in Springfield. With the festival being three weeks away, we have four more last minute addition bands to add to the lineup, which should be right around 50 bands right now. Those additions are:

Death Valley (Portage, Indiana)
Bleak Age (Oklahoma City, OK)
The Dry Look (Champaign, IL)
Video Grave (Bloomington, IN)

Cool! Death Valley will be playing Saturday June 10th of the fest and the other three will be playing on Sunday, June 11th. Check out some music from Video Grave streaming below (also pictured above). Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 5 right here along with the full lineup and more info on individual shows. Also find the list and links to listen to all of the bands on our Dumb Fest 5 page right here.

May 25th at Black Sheep: Ben Dipper, Blind Social, Opposite Good, Mike Fitz

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Greetings! We hope all of you that went out to the show at Bar None last night had a good time and are ready for the weekend. We have no shows at Black Sheep this weekend, but we do have a pretty packed schedule next weekend starting with this show on Thursday, May 25th. This show features ambient / indiepop artist Ben Dipper from Kansas. Stream some of Ben’s music on the player below. We also have local groove rock band Blind Social on board, who we haven’t seen at Black Sheep for a minute. Other opener includes the ambient solo act “Opposite Good,” and then we are kicking things off with a performance by Mike Fritz of the band Spooky Action.

This show will start at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a better look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Black Sheep Presents: Cover Show Volume 6.5 at Bar None Tonight!

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We hope everyone who was at our annual Black Sheep Cover Show this past weekend had a lot of fun. Now we are ready for another round happening tonight over at Bar None downtown! This is the Black Sheep Cover Show volume 6.5 happening tonight for the 21 and over crowd. Bands tonight will kick off tonight right at 9:00 pm with Gutterpriest performing as Divine. The lineup tonight will be the same as the Black Sheep show and goes as follows:

Livin’ Thing will be performing as Black Sabbath
Milestshirtsdotcom will be performing as Weezer
Gutterpriest will be performing as Divine

Once again, all of that kicks off tonight at 9:00 pm, with an admission of $5. Bar None is located at 245 South 5th Street. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check our Springfield shows page for a look at a list of shows happening in town outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Pussy Foot, Grinn, Spell Breaker

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Oh nice one, there is going to be live music inside Dumb Records tonight kicking off in just a few hours! Tonight the touring grunge / punk act “Pussy Foot” (can you say that one on the radio?) will be making a guest appearance inside the record store. Stream some of their new music just released *today* on that player embedded below. This is also going to be a fun show because it will feature a new lineup of the hardcore band GRINN now featuring members of Livin’ Thing and MilesTShirtsTheBand.Com! Opening things up is the third show ever for Spell Breaker – a new Springfield group featuring members of SAP and Lincoln’s Tomb.

The show kicks off inside Dumb Records tonight right at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. There are no sales. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is going on in Southtown this summer.

Lineup For Springfield Pridefest May 20th

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Did you know that Springfield Pridefest is happening once again this year, and it’s coming up this Saturday, May 20th? Wow! This year the festival is taking place once again on 4th and Capitol Streets downtown and features a lineup of bands which you can find listed above. This year that includes Sarah Jane & The Blue Notes, Middle Class Fashion, Wolf Crick Boys, Starter Jackets, and more. The festival will end with a drag show like it has done with years past. One new addition to pridefest this year is a parade taking place downtown before bands on the main stage. The parade will be starting at 11:00 am and you can find more info on that right here.

Find a facebook event for Pridefest right here. The event is also free and all ages. Check out our Springfield shows page for more shows happening in town outside of Black Sheep.

Robot Bachelor: “The Third Houseboat Album”

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Today we bring you some new Springfield-ish music that was released a couple months ago now but we feel is very worthy of mentioning here on our site! This one comes from  a new project called “Robot Bachelor” who recently put out a debut full length album called The Third House Boat Album which you can find streaming below. The band features Springfield’s own Luke McNeil of Hospital Job, Starter Jackets, and The Copyrights. The group is fronted by Grath Madden of Houseboat and The Steinways (not from Springfield). The album was recorded right here in Springfield by Luke. The group is not playing any live shows as far as we can tell! Head over to the band’s bandcamp page to download the full album for $7.

New Band Pages: Prowess

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Hi, it’s a brand new week and today we have a hot new band page comin’ at ya for the new Springfield hit band Prowess. Prowess recently went through a name change (formerly “Nagasaki”) and also moved some members around on some instruments and now here we are. You can head over to their new page right here to find out more about the band and stream their new demo recorded up in Southtown Sound. Prowess will be playing at Black Sheep next on Friday, May 26th. More info on that show coming soon!

Check out any of our 60+ current band pages on our site right here. Do you play in a band or project here in town and don’t have a page with us yet? Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up!

Videos: Nefarious Cloud – “Classic Smirk”

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Today we bring you some hot new Springfield music content in the form of this new music video by local hip hop artist Nefarious Cloud. This one is a video for the song “Classic Smirk” which comes off of Nefarious’s Majin Cloud EP. Find the full EP streaming right here. You can check out that hot new music video embedded below. The video also features The Pukester formerly of the local band Scott Blacula / Table Drama.

Find more hit Springfield music videos shot over the years on our vids/pics page. More information on a free show at Black Sheep coming up that Nefarious will be setting up on Friday, June 16th coming up soon.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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Hey, here we are again with our weekly new arrivals at Dumb Records post (Dumb Records is our very own record store located at 1107 South Grand Ave East). This week the store has piles and piles of used LPs, and also some new stuff from Iron Lung Records and more. Be sure to check out what’s new in the shop this week. Let’s take a look at the operating hours for the week and then get into the arrivals:

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: noon – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
Alvin Lee & Company – Ten Years After
Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre – On The Road To Freedum
Amy Grant – Unguarded
Beau Navire – Hours
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Uprising
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natty Dread
Brenda Lee – Sincerely, Brenda Lee
Captain & Tennille – Greatest Hits
Charles Mingus – Charlie Mingus
A Clockwork Orange – Music From The Soundtrack
Cocktail – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Connie Francis – Sing Along With Connie Francis
Damita Jo – I’ll Save The Last Dance For You
Diana Ross – An Evening With Diana Ross
Diana Ross – The Boss
Doctor Dolittle – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Dottie West – Feminine Fancy
Eagles – On The Border
Earth Wind & Fire – Raise!
Electric Dreams – Original Soundtrack
Emitt Rhodes – Mirror
Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again
Ferlin Husky – Wings of a Dove
Graham Parker And The Shot – Steady Nerves
Graham Parker – Treatment
Grateful Dead – Blues for Allah
Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
The J. Geils Band – Showtime!
J. Geils Band – Best of The J. Geils Band
Keith Green – For Him Who Has Ears To Hear
Laura Nyro – Season of Lights
Lee Ritenour – Captain Fingers
Liz Story – Solid Colors
Lou Rawls – All Things In Time
Lou Rawls – Unmistakably Lou
Marrying Maiden – It’s A Beautiful Day
Merle Haggard – Okie From Muskogee
Mitch Ryder – All Mitch Ryder Hits!
Nantucket – Long Way To The Top
Nantucket – Nantucket
Neil Sedaka – All You Need Is The Music
Night Ranger – Midnight Madness
Nilsson – Schmilsson
Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark – So In Love
Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years
Poco – Seven
Prince – Prince
Procol Harum – A Salty Dog
Ral Donner – Takin’ Care of Business
The Rascals – See
The Rascals – Peaceful World
Ray Parker Jr. – The Other Woman
R.E.O. Speedwagon – R.E.O. Speedwagon
Rick Wakeman – No Earthly Connection
Robert Palmer – Some People Can Do What They Like
Robert Palmer – Double Fun
Robin Trower – Caravan To Midnight
Rod Stewart – A Shot of Rhythm and Blues
Romeo Void – Nvr Say Nvr
Rush – Grace Under Pressure
Rush – A Farewell To Kings
Ruthless People – Original Soundtrack
The Saddest Landscape – The Sound of the Spectacle
Scott Joplin – The Sting
Sheena Easton – Madness Money And Music
Smokey Robinson – One Heartbeat
Taj Mahal – The Natch’l Blues
Talking Heads – Fear of Music
Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
Talking Heads – The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green
Thompson Twins – Into The Gap
Three Dog Night – Harmony
Todd Rundgren – Runt
Tom Petty – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Toto – Fahrenheit
The Tubes – Outside Inside
Wayne Newton – The Long And Winding Road
Willie Nelson – The Electric Horseman
Uncle Ler and Lil Tommy – Animal Stories
U2 – The Joshua Tree
Various – Up Tight On 5th Avenue

New LPs
Behavior – Bitter Bitter
Cold Sweat – Blinded
Dead Kennedys – Live… The Old Waldorf 1979
Dead Moon – Crack In The System
Dreamdecay – Yú
Iron Lung – Life. Iron Lung. Death.
Latishia’s Skull Drawing – Romanticized
Metallica – Ride The Lightning
Peter Tosh – Soon Come
Private Room – Forever And Ever
Rakta – III
Slices – Still Cruising

New 7”s
Mozart – Nasty
Roht – Roht

Tonight at Black Sheep: The F.U.F.S., Livin’ Thing, Prowess

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Wow, what’s up we do have a three band punk show happening tonight that has experienced many lineup changes since the show was first thought up, but here we are and we are going to have fun tonight! Tonight we have the supergroup Chicago / Oklahoma City hybrid band “The F.U.F.S” performing at Black Sheep. You can check out a brand new tape of theirs streaming on the player embedded below. We also have Springfield band of nobodies playing a set of their own original material, Livin’ Thing. Then we hear that we get to enjoy a special (maybe acoustic) set from Prowess (formerly Nagasaki).

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Find a facebook event for that one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this summer.