May 16th at Radon Lounge: Listener, Jeff Williams, Layers, Milk & Honey

Posted on April 22, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Our friends over at The Radon Lounge unveiled a pretty big show happening over there on Tuesday, May 16th. This one features big deal spoken word / shoegaze stuff act Listener from Kansas City, Missouri. You can *listen* to some of that *Listener* music on the player embedded below. This show is also exciting because you get to see Jeff Williams of the band NIL8 perform in the Radon’s basement. See Jeff perform NIL8’s hit tune “basement show” in this special setting. Also on the bill is the first ever show for a new project called “Layers” featuring members of Honey//Suck and Pryss. Opening things up is a special set by new downtown grocery store, Milk & Honey!

That show will be starting at the Radon Lounge at 7pm and admission for this one is $10 (yes, it is worth it). Check out the Radon Lounge’s website to inquire about an address. Find a facebook event for this show right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page which is not at all up to date right now.

Record Store Day Today at Dumb Records

Posted on April 22, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s record store day today all across the globe! And the tenth ever record store day at that too! (The fourth one happening since we have been open as a store). Our store is already open! We started today at 8:00 am and will be open until 10:00 pm. We have shelves full of exclusive releases- and you can check out the list of what we have in store for that right here. DJ Tariq will be performing in our store from 10:00 am to noon spinning some records for our happy customers.

Then at 1:00 pm we will be having a free in-store show with three acts. That will start with MLR featuring Luct Melod. Then Skunkworks from Jacksonville, Illinois will follow. And last we have The Young Eyes from Hillsboro, Illinois playing some sweet psychedelic indie rock. Check out their new record (which is available at Dumb on vinyl) below.

In addition to all of the exclusive releases, all non RSD items in the store are 15% off. And that about covers it! Find a facebook event for Record Store Day at Dumb right here, and also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Record Store Day Edition with Special Guest DJ Tariq

Posted on April 21, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

As you all know Record Store Day is happening tomorrow at Dumb Records and plenty of other record stores around the globe. Today is Friday, so we have a special edition of The Black Sheep Radio Show lined up to serve as your guide to Record Store Day happening tomorrow. For this episode we will have regular cohosts Brian and Clare joined by DJ Tariq, who will be doing some live DJ’ing at Record Store Day tomorrow as well. The hosts will be going through the boxes of (still sealed) record store day releases and playing some samples of those releases on air to give you a taste of what is in store for tomorrow.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs tomorrow and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream it that same time also online at wqna.net. Also check out our radio page for some downloadable episodes of the past.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on April 21, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Okay, so it’s the end of the week so tonight we don’t really have new arrivals for the week at Dumb Records, but hey here’s some recently stocked items in the store that will be on the shelves in time for Record Store Day this Saturday. Don’t forget that Dumb Records will be open Saturday for Record Store Day from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm. There is a lot going on, which you can find out more about right here. There is also a sale of 15% off all non-RSD items in store all day, which includes everything listed below. Check out the long list of exclusive releases the store will be carrying for Record Store Day right here. Let’s take a look at the store’s operating hours for the weekend and then get into what’s new:

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

New LPs
Futuro – Habitos Ruins

Used LPs
Al Di Meola – Casino
Argent – All Together Now
Argent – Nexus
Axis – It’s A Circus World
The Band – Moondog Matinee
Brenda Lee – Brenda Lee
Bud Powell – The Invisible Cage
Buddy Miles – We Got To Live Together
Carly Simon – Anticipation
Chet – Progressive Pickin’
David Bowie – Never Let Me Down
Dixie Dregs – Night of the Living Dregs
Duke Ellington – The World of Duke Ellington
Duncan Mackay – Score
The Edgar Winter Group – Shock Treatment
El DeBarge with DeBarge – You Wear It Well 12” Single
Emo Philips – Live From The Hasty Pudding Theatre
The Guess Who – Canned Wheat
Howard Jones – One To One
James Gang – Straight Shooter
Jeff Beck – With The Jan Hammer Group Live
Leo Sayer – Thunder In My Heart
Lindsey Buckingham – Go Insane
Little Feat – Down On The Farm
The Main Ingredient – Bitter Sweet
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. – I Hope We Get To Love In Time
Neil Diamond – His 12 Greatest Hits
Oscar Peterson / Leroy Vinnegar – Sessions, Live
Patrick Moraz – Patrick Moraz
Pink Floyd – The Final Cut
P.K. And The Sound Explosion – Rod Stewart Songbook
Skatetown USA – Soundtrack
Spirit – Future Games
Styx – Best of Styx
Tangerine Dream – Rubycon
Tennessee Ernie Ford – Bless Your Pea Pickin’ Heart
Tony Mottola – Mr. Guitar
Triumvirat – Spartacus
The Turtles – The Battle of the Bands
Various – Fun Rock
Various – A Prairie Home Companion Anniversary Album
Various – Polydor Dance Classics

New Cassettes
Weeping Iniquity – Transvection

April 29th at Black Sheep: Tang, Letters from The Schumann Resonance, End Times Trio, Timothy Russell, P.I.N.T.

Posted on April 20, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a whopper of an ambient, noise, and free jazz show going on here at Black Sheep on Saturday, April 29th before this month is done. You’ll have the chance to catch five acts all doing interesting things based out of Springfield. This includes the wild and noisy avant guard act T.A.N.G. who we have not seen performing at Black Sheep in a minute. Also a few ambient acts, including a project with the long name of “Letters from the Schumann Resonance.” Timothy Donavan Russell will be bringing the ambience to The Black Sheep stage as well- Timothy actually just came out with a new album called “Biosphere” that you can check out right here. We’ll have a separate post for that shortly. It’s also been a minute, but End Times Trio will be performing at that one. End Times Trio is the free jazz project featuring professor Richard Gilman-Opalsky who gave a talk and book release at Black Sheep at the start of this year. Looks like things for this one will be opening up with Pretend I’m Not There who’s music you can stream on the player below.

This show will start early at 6:00 pm since there is so much packed in to one night and admission is $5. Check out an event page right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to take a closer look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Southtown Sound Releases Looming Sessions

Posted on April 20, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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The new Southtown recording studio, Southtown Sound, have just today released the full video and audio session they recorded of Looming when they were in town earlier this year. You can check out the video of one of those songs and new one off of an upcoming Looming album below. The song is called “Seed.” Credits for the video and audio go to:

Engineering, Mixing, and Mastering – Kyle Noonan
Assistant Engineer – Mario Cannamela
Directed & Edited by Veronica Mullen
Additional Camera work – Josh Grube & Everchange Productions

Check out the other video recorded for the song “Tried and True” right here. This session was one of the first recorded in Southtown Studio. Since then the Studio has been working on new recordings for Taylorville-based band Stems, as well as a couple others. We’ll let you know when more recordings or video is unveiled from the new studio. To look into booking sessions for your own band, check out the Southtown Sound page on our site.

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Tonight at Black Sheep: Futuro (Brazil), Livin’ Thing, Spell Breaker, Weeping Iniquity

Posted on April 17, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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Tonight is a Monday night and we have a special treat of a show happening! We have the band Futuro coming all the way in from São Paulo, Brazil! Check out some of their music streaming below. Tonight is their last date of their US tour, and we could not be more excited to have them. They also made it to the cover of Maximum Rocknroll for the month of April! Also playing this show is rock n’ roll all stars Livin’ Thing. Then we have the first ever performance of a brand new Springfield band called “Spell Breaker”- featuring Clare Frachey (who’s also got a birthday going on today). We don’t know what they are going to sound like, but we do know that the band features members of the bands SAP and Lincoln’s Tomb. Neat! Opening things up is the industrial darkwave sounds of Weeping Iniquity. Weeping Iniquity will also be releasing a tape at this show!

Things tonight start 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 spring.

The Illinois Times: “The Radon Lounge Keep Concerts On The Down-Low”

Posted on April 15, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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The Illinois Times are on a roll this week with covering things going on in the D.I.Y. music community in Springfield! Here’s another article in this week’s issue on The Radon Louge – also written by Scott Faingold who also wrote the article on Southtown Sound which we posted about earlier today. The Radon Lounge are a Springfield house venue that has been going for a whole five years now, which is a good chunk of Black Sheep’s existence. We have always been supportive of what’s going on over at The Radon and consider them a much needed asset to our community. From the article:

For the past five years, the Radon Lounge has been hosting an impressive variety of local and touring bands, averaging one show per month. However, like a post-millennial speakeasy, anyone wanting to attend a concert at Radon is obliged to contact the venue via email or social media, simply to discover where it’s located. Venue founder Jeff Black, who also books all the talent, explains that this is a matter of neighborly consideration rather than mystique. The reason is simple enough: The Radon Lounge is in fact the basement of his home, located in the heart of a Springfield residential neighborhood.

Check out the full article online right here, or pick up a copy of The Illinois Times at various local businesses around town.

And what do you know, The Radon Lounge also have a show going on tonight at the same time as our hip hop show. Theirs starts at 7:00 pm and features Bonesetters, Blind Social, Eric Marvel, Ian Winterbrauer, Jen Santarelli, and Copper Pot Cooking Studios. More on that show right here.

April 26th at Black Sheep: Charlotte Berg, Stereo Static

Posted on April 15, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a show happening at Black Sheep a little over just ten days away on Wednesday, April 26th that is just two acts as of right now. We have Charlotte Berg– indie pop singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee coming to Black Sheep to perform for this one. Check out a video of hers embedded below. Then we have supporting local act and alternative rock band Stereo Static also on the bill. That’s it for right now!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a list of shows coming up at Black Sheep this spring.

The Illinois Times: “Recording Studio Revamp”

Posted on April 15, 2017 by blacksheepspringfield

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Southtown is making it into the papers once again! This time it’s Southtown Sound, new Southtown recording studio, making it big and smashing headlines with their recent launch and grand opening. Scott Faingold of The Illinois Times wrote an article about the studio’s launch and re-vamp since Brandon Carnes ran South Town Studio out of the same space. Scott interviews studio spokesperson B.J. Pearce about the new studio. From the article:

“It’s a great day,” said B.J. Pearce, studio manger of Southtown Sound. “We really have a lot going on for us right now.” The newly renovated recording studio located in the building directly behind Dumb Records near the corner of 11th Street and South Grand Avenue had its grand opening on Sunday, March 26, concurrent with the Black Sheep Annual Art Show (See “Art at the Pharmacy and Black Sheep,” IT, March 30). “We’ve done some recording already,” Pearce explained, “but this is the first time we’ve been officially open to the public.”

Check out the full article online right here, or pick up a copy of The Illinois Times at various local businesses around town.