The Studio Show Season 2 Episodes 2 + 3

Posted on October 27, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

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The Studio Show are going at it very hard into their second season and we can hardly keep up with all of the episodes they are cranking out! The first three episodes of the new season have all been back to back to back in one week intervals. We have been told that episode 4 will be a special Halloween-themed episode with a little bit of a longer wait but it is coming very soon.

As you can see pictured above, Episode 2 features Brian Galecki as “The Golacky,” it also features local poet Thea Chesley and Jukebox Casanova as the featured guest band. Episode 3 takes things to a new level and features the mayor of Springfield Jim Langfielder himself and also The Frank Trompeter Quintet for the musical guest. You can find both of those episodes below, also check out The Studio Show’s youtube channel for every video they have done so far including first and second seasons.

Videos: Sonic Avenues at Black Sheep 10-24-16

Posted on October 27, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you another live video from a recent set inside Black Sheep. This time it’s from the band Sonic Avenues who came all the way from Montreal to play at Black Sheep this past Monday on their road to play The Fest in Florida. You can check out that video below, they are performing their song “Illusions: The System” off of their new album Diconnector out on Dirtnap Records. Stream the studio recording of the song and find their whole new album right here.

Check out more videos taken over the past ten or so years at Black Sheep on our vids/pics page.

November 19th at The Radon Lounge: Red Sweater Lullaby, Kevin Schlereth, Chris Bernstorf, Keyoung, Brandon Austin

Posted on October 26, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

The Radon Lounge are of course keeping it up with their monthly shows hosted in their basement venue and they have recently announced their plans for November with this show happening on Saturday, November 19th. Yes, this is the same night as the Black Sheep Band Lotto, but we figured it’s important to let you know what’s going on in town so that you can decide where to go and what to do! For this show The Radon has Red Sweater Lullaby returning from Las Vegas, Nevada. You can stream some of that project’s music below, which also performed at The Radon Lounge a couple of years back. Then coming from St. Louis is an acoustic artist, Kevin Schlereth who also played at The Radon Lounge for one of their earlier shows. Up before that is Chris Bernstorf performing some spoken word and Keyoung from Columbus, Ohio. Opening things up looks like a performance by Brandon Austin who has set up a couple of hip hop shows at Black Sheep in the past.

That show at The Radon starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can check out a facebook event for that one right here. Check out the Radon Lounge’s website for more info on them as well as where you can find out their secret location. Also check out our Springfield shows page which is sometimes updated with shows going on in town outside of Black Sheep.

Attic Salt: “Hometown” +”Daylight Saving Time”

Posted on October 26, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield’s newer indie-punk / power pop band Attic Salt have finally debuted their first ever studio recordings earlier this week with two songs: “Hometown” and “Daylight Saving Time.” The band features members of bands Hospital Job, Nephrons, and Say Something and they started performing live around the beginning of this year. You can check out the two new songs streaming on the players below. Also head over to the Attic Salt bandcamp page to download the tracks for free.

Attic Salt doesn’t have any shows lined up in town right now as far as we can tell.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Yard Crew / Clean Up

Posted on October 26, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

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Oh! It’s been a while since we’ve had the chance to host a yard crew day or night at Black Sheep or around Southtown, and we have one happening tonight! That’s right, starting at 5:30 pm outside of Black Sheep we will be begin picking up trash around the neighborhood, clearing weeds, and going through other various small projects around our spaces. Everyone and anyone is welcome to come help, just remember to maybe bring a pair of work gloves and get ready to get dirty!

Again, yard crew day today starts at 5:30 pm and will possibly go to 8:30 pm or whenever we feel the work is done. Check out a facebook event for yard crew right here if that is your thing. And of course check out our shows page for a complete list of shows and events coming up around Southtown.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on October 25, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another exciting week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (1107 South Grand E Ave). This week there are a number of new releases coming onto the shelves- notably a few things from Lumpy Records and also the second American Football LP from Polyvinyl Records. In addition to that we have a chunk of used LPs and CDs hitting the shelves this week. Don’t forget we also have our first ever open mic inside the record store coming up this Sunday, October 30th. Check out those listed off below, and first let’s take a look at Dumb’s operating hours for the week:

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

New LPs
American Football – Second LP
Angry Gods – The Clearing
Janitor Scum – LP

Used LPs
Al Hirt – Al Hirt Now!
Angel – On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Barbara Mandrell – The Best of
Boston Pops / Arthur Fiedler – Star Dus
Connie Boswell – Sings Irving Berlin
Eddy Olivares – Con Banda
Harry James – The Golden Trumpet of Harry James
Henri Hancini – The Mancini Sound
John Gary – Sings Your All-Time Favorite Songs
The Judds – Rockin’ With The Rhythm
Kathy Roccoli – Heart & Soul
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition – Tell It All Brother
Lawrence Welk – Winchester Cathedral
Lilliam Roth – Sings
Midnight String Quartet – Rhapsodies for Young Lovers
Nancy Wilson – Hollywood-My Way
Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs – The Best of Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs
Teatro Serie Lirica – Faust
Umberto Giordano – Andrea Chénier
Various – Golden Performances That Will Live Forever
Various – Golden Hits: 12 Million-Plus Sellers!
Various – Oldies But Goodies Vol. 14
Various – The Very Best of The Very Best
Various – 1^st Annual Beach Music Awards 1982

New 7”s
Hair Long N Freeky – Hair Long N Freeky
Quailbones – R. Ring
The Miami Dolphins – Perlite
Nurse – Nurse
Uranium Club – Who Made The Man?

Used 7”s
Janet Jackson – Nasty
Michael Jackson – I Can’t Help It / Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
Michael Jackson – I Can’t Stop Loving You

Used CDs
The Bird And The Bee – Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
Johnny Cash – America VI: Ain’t No Grave
Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
Mike Patton – Mondo Cane
Morrissey – Years of Refusal
Pink Floyd – Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
The Sea And Cake – Everybody
Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream
Vampire Weekend – Contra
Various – Eternal Romance: Classic Love Songs
The White Stripes – Icky Thump

November 25th at Black Sheep: Bent Life, Lowered A.D., Capitol Offense, Pryss, Stye

Posted on October 24, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Something about some huge hardcore show happening here at Black Sheep on Black Friday this year? We guess this is happening! Looks like on Friday, November 25th this upcoming Black Friday we have a true banger of a show happening at Black Sheep, and you can likely expect to score some deals next door at Dumb Records for Black Friday Record Store Day as well. For this show we have heavy hitting hardcore band Bent Life from Omaha, Nebraska. Bent Life performed at Black Sheep at some point years ago- you can check out some of their music streaming below. We have a few other familiar bands stopping through for this show- we have the return of Lowered A.D. since their set at Dumb Fest 4-Ever this past year. Also Capitol Offense is making a return for the first time since their 4th of July Show. Then we have Springfield favorites Pryss, and opening things up is a performance by that new-ish Bloomington/Normal powerviolence band “Stye“.

This mega-show will be starting at 6:00 pm and admission is $10. 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 going on at Black Sheep for the rest of this fall.

New Band Pages: The Good Companions

Posted on October 24, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s been a minute since we’ve added any new current band pages to our roster and we are going to try to start getting back to that once a week here at blacksheepspringfield.com! This week we are brining you a brand new band page for the jammy rock band The Good Companions, from right here in Springfield. You might remember them as the band that covered Television for our Black Sheep Cover Show this past spring. You can check out the new band page for The Good Companions right here where you can read up more about the band and stream some of their music.

Check out any of our 50+ current band pages right here, and an even longer list of past Springfield bands right here. Do you play in a Springfield band that has not yet gotten a page together with us? We would love to hear from you! Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we can work with you to set something up.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Sonic Avenues, Starter Jackets, Animals With Human Names

Posted on October 24, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight there is a show happening at Black Sheep that we can hardly hold our excitement for! Tonight we have the band Sonic Avenues coming from Montreal, Canada. Sonic Avenues play some type of garage rock n’ roll music and have worked with labels Dirtnap, Blow The Fuse, Dead Broke, Sabotage, Taken By Surprise, Hosehead, P.Trash, Going Gaga, Ricochet Sound all in the past. You can stream their newest and fourth full length album on the player below. In addition to Sonic Avenues, this show will also be the debut of a new Springfield band called Starter Jackets, featuring members of Hospital Job. Opening things up we have the hip hop / electronic project Animals With Human Names and will be it!

This show will start 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 all of the other shows coming up at Black Sheep the rest of the fall.

Open Mic at Dumb Records October 30th

Posted on October 23, 2016 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s time for us to announce our next open mic- and guess what, it’s not at Black Sheep this time around but instead at Dumb Records. And it’s coming up quick! This one is happening in just one week on Sunday, October 30th.

As usual, there are 15 minute time slots to be claimed from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. You can claim a slot by posting here in the event, commenting below on this article, or emailing us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. Whichever works!

This time around the open mic night is completely free, and not only that but we are also giving out free soda and water to all attendees. That’s right. AND everything in the store is 15% off, including new and used items. Check out a facebook event for all of that right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep and Dumb Records this fall.