Tonight at Black Sheep: SAP, Prude Boys, The Brainstems, Space Alpacas

Posted on October 19, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Yes, there is another show happening at Black Sheep tonight, and yes it is our fourth show in a row!! Tonight will be a good mix of punk and rock n’ roll stuff, and we have touring and local bands alike. This show will be a good time and will feature the three-piece indie/grunge band SAP (flier above by Clare Frachey of SAP). Then coming on tour from Hamtramck, Michigan is the band Prude Boys. You can check out some of Prude Boys’s music streaming on the player below. Also on this show from out of town is the band Brainstems from St. Louis – featuring at least one member of Lumpy & The Dumpers. Then opening things up is wacky rock band Space Alpacas from right here in Springfield.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $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 everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall!

Animals With Human Names: “Gravelines / Mighty Healthy”

Posted on October 18, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

A brand new Springfield hip hop project called “Animals With Human Names” debuted for the first time at Black Sheep earlier this weekend on Friday night. The project is put together by Jim Whitehead of Say Something, Don’t Mess With Winkie, HK-47, etc. Today we are bringing you two recorded tracks from Animals With Human Names. One is “Gravelines” and the other is “Mighty Healthy (Bong Bong Terrorist Remix)” You can stream “Gravelines” below. Check out the Animals With Human Names bandcamp page to stream both of the songs or download them for free.

Animals With Human Names currently does not have any more live shows lined up, but keep and eye and ear out for more in the future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: New Heart, Ice Hockey, NOxThanks, Diaper Rash, Orator

Posted on October 18, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a show happening at Black Sheep tonight, and it’s our third show in a row in a four-show series! This show will feature Indiana band on tour New Heart. New Heart has played here back in July of last summer. Also on tour and on this show is Ice Hockey from Quad Cities, Iowa. You might remember Ice Hockey from day 1 of Dumb Fest 3-D earlier this summer. The third touring band on this bill is a band called “NoxThanks” from Oklahoma. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Then up before them we have the wild and crazy hardcore baby-band, Diaper Rash from right here in Springfield. And kicking things off we have the heavy sludge band Orator from Champaign/Urbana.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and for admission we are asking anywhere between $5 and $7. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Cassette Store Day Today at Dumb Records, Show Tonight at Black Sheep

Posted on October 17, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

There are a lot of different events happening today all around Southtown! Today is a big day at Dumb Records for those of you who are fans of cassette tapes, because today is annual International Cassette Store Day! For this day there will be a number of exclusive releases available at Dumb Records, much like Record Store Day. Check out the full list of exclusive releases that will be available on the Cassette Store Day facebook event. In addition to all of the exclusive releases, there will also be sales going on for the whole store which includes 15% off everything new and used in the store, and 30% off all new and used non-CSD exclusive cassettes. Dumb Records will be open today from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm, so be sure to stop by and take advantage of the sales!

Then later tonight there will be a show happening at Black Sheep, being called “Pumpkin Slack”! There will be bands playing as well as some sort of pumpkin painting contest! For this show we have the heavy experimental band, The Black Ops Agency. Before that is a newer Springfield project featuring members of The Black Ops and I’m Dead Inside called The Avant National Guard. Before them is the experimental-jam band Flamingo from Jacksonville, IL which you can find streaming on the player below. Kicking things off will be the rock n’ roll group, Blind Social.

The show at Black Sheep starts at 7:00 pm tonight and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for that one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

HISO Music Coming to Southtown

Posted on October 14, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have some exciting news for all of our Southtown neighborhood located on the corner of South Grand and 11th Streets in Springfield. Ayo Abitogun and HISO Music Entertainment are announcing that they will be moving to Southtown in a space above Bourbon Street Bar, and also will now be involved with a new partnership with Bourbon Street. The new space will be a performance hall/dance studio as well as a recording studio for HISO artists and more. This will be another space for artists to record and perform in Southtown and we are thrilled to welcome Ayo and the rest of HISO Music to the neighborhood.

My dad always told me work hard be patient and blessing will come I guess he was right. I was offered a partnership opportunity and a chance to invest in Bourbon Street. As well as helping run the establishment i will be building 2 NEW establistments upstairs called HISO Music. This will be a performance hall/dance studio for parties and events and i will also be building a recording studio. This will all be open to the public. This is a new journey in my life and i hope I can share it with you all. If your an Artist or someone looking to throw an event at Bourbon street inbox me or email me at hisomusicentertainment@gmail.com i will be doing all the booking for inside or outside events.

-Ayo

Does this mean HISO will no longer be setting up events at Black Sheep? Nope! In fact, there will be a HISO Halloween event happening this month on Friday, October 30th that we still have yet to announce the details for. This will also mean more exciting collaborative projects to come between HISO/Bourbon Street and the rest of Southtown.

Expect more updates soon on when we can expect the new space up and running and when the first events will be taking place. For those of you that are ages 21+ there is a HISO appreciation party taking place at Bourbon Street this Saturday at 9:00 open to the public. (The new space above Bourbon Street will be all ages when it is open!)

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on October 13, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

There are exciting things happening this week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East Ave). All of the old inventory from Error Records is still making its way into our store bit by bit. Things have gotten so crazy that we’ve had to build new shelving to hold the hundreds of new records that have made their way into our store. Don’t forget that this Saturday is also cassette store day– we will be having a store wide sale (30% off cassettes, and 15% off everything in store), as well as carrying a number of exclusively released cassettes just for that day. Check out the list of what we should be getting in right here. Today’s list is just a portion of all of the new and used LPs, 7″s, and CDs that are in the store this week.

Tuesday (today): 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday (Cassette Store Day): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Monday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Used LPs
The 4 Horsemen Of The Apocalypse – Original Sound Track
Andy Williams – The Wonderfull World Of Andy Williams
Badfinger – Ass
The Blackwood Brothers – Until Then
The Blackwood Brothers – Learning To Learn
The Comforts – Which Way Are You Traveling?
Dimitri Mitropoulos – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Doctor Zhivago – The Original Sound Track Album
Felix Slatkin – Seasons Greetings
George Jones – America’s No. 1 Country Singer
Guy & Ralna – Hymns We Love TO Sing
Guy & Ralna – Give Me That Old Time Religion
Henry Mancini – 101 Strings In The Sound Of Magnificence
Hugo Winterhalter – Hawaiian Wedding Song
Jack Searle – Love Comin’ Down
Kenny Rogers – Ten Years Of Gold
The King’s Trio – The King’s Trio
Lalo Schifrin – New Fantasy
Latterman – …We Are Still Alive
Liberace – The Way We Are
Mantovani And His Orchestra – Gems Forever…
Norma Jean – Sorcerer
Norma Zimmer – In The Garden
The Paul Mickelson Orchestra
Percy Faith – Percy Faith’s Greatest Hits
Perry Como – Look To Your Heart
Peter J. Vandenbosch – I Will Sing Of My Redeemer
Ronnie Milsap – Greatest Hits
Spraynard – Funtitled
Tedd Smith – In Concert With Orchestra And Chorus

Used 7”s
23 More Minutes – A Place TO Go
Arise – Atomic / Kicked Out
Crooked Western – Gospel Civilization
For Want Of – The Orchestrated Decay Of Self Sufficiency
Han-Shan – Nothing More To Say
Heat – Chalk It Up / A Taste Of Danger
Hoax / Host – Heavy / Clouds
Iron Rain – Silent Sins
John Sebastian – Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?
Karma Elektra – Karma Elektra
Lever – Voting Is Leverage
The Mishaps – Rock And Roll
The Pattern – Wet Circuit City
Pujol – Black Rabbit / Too Safe
Radioactivity – Sadist/Masochist
The Safes – Birthday Cake / Safe N Sound
Sasquatch – The Man, The Myth, The Compilation
Wheel / Holy Rollers – The Juliana Experience
Young Ginns – Young Ginns

Used CDs
Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
Dirty Fences – Full Tramp
Father Murphy – Croce
Human Artifacts – The Principles Of Sickness
Intense Molecular Activity – Now Again For The First Time
Michael Kammin – Coldpines
Michael Vidal – Dream Center
Mitch Mead – Mitch Mead
Nap Eyes – Whine Of The Mystic
Ohgr – Welt
Prince – Prince
Remmington – Dead Weight EP
The Reputation – To Force A Fate
Rio Kiley – More Adventurous
Rooney – Rooney
The Silence – The Silence
Six Organz Of Admittance – Hexadic
Trace Adkins – Dream Out Loud
Viscera Trail – Humiliation-Ridden Evisceration
Withershins – Mt Fuji In Blue

Tonight at Black Sheep: Open Mic Night

Posted on October 11, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we are having another one of our monthly Black Sheep Open Mics! The open mics here have always been fun, and we are open to really anything happening on our stage! Tonight we have a pretty full lineup, but also some time slots that are waiting to be claimed.

9:45-10:00 – Validmall
9:30-9:45 – Eric Rogers
9:15-9:30 – Tyler Petitt
9:00-9:15 – Mario Cannamela
8:45-9:00 – Ian Winterbauer
8:30-8:45 – Devon Fluelen
8:15-8:30 – Rhys Hunter
8:00-8:15 – Pete Cassani (from Boston)
7:45-8:00 – (open)
7:30-7:45 – Matthew Brewes
7:15-7:30 – Pureheart
7:00-7:15 – (open)

Tonight’s lineup even includes a traveling musician from Botson (Pete Cassani)! There are also two slot still open tonight (7:00 and 8:00), open to whomever shows up to the show first and claims them.

Things tonight will start right at 7:00 pm. For this we will be taking donations of $1-5 for Black Sheep. There will also be a sale going on at Dumb Records next door of 15% off everything! Check out a facebook event for tonight right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

November 3rd at Black Sheep: Catholic Werewolves, Like… With Jetpacks, Garter, Say Something

Posted on October 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Time for another November show announcement! This one is happening on Tuesday, November 3rd. For this show we have the Iowa pop punk/emo group Catholic Werewolves– featuring members of Genovia Forever and The Easy Mark who have played here at Black Sheep in the past. You can stream an acoustic demo of Catholic Werewolves’ music below. Also on this show we have the local video game-themed instrumental project called “Like… With Jetpacks“. And we also have the power groove punk band Garter, who just played here at Black Sheep last night. To top it off we have hectic hardcore/punk band Say Something, who also played at Black Sheep last night.

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

Today at Black Sheep: Mystery Gift, Nicoffeine (Germany), Gutterpriest

Posted on October 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today at Black Sheep we are having an early 5:00 pm show! The show will only feature three bands and will be over lickety-split so you can move on with all of your other evening plans! For this show we have a band coming from overseas, so it is one not to miss! We have the band Nicoffeine coming all the way from Germany. They play instrumental/experimental noise rock stuff and you can stream some of their music below. Also on this show is Mystery Gift– which was going to be a full new and improved full band, but this time around it might be just Mystery Gift acoustic! We’ll find out! Opening things up is the extreme noise monster, Gutterpriest.

Again, this show will start early at 5:00 pm (come early)! Bring $5 for the touring band. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

November 5th at Black Sheep: Fel Fae, Guts Club, Nick Murphy

Posted on October 9, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Coming up at Black Sheep on Thursday, November 5th we have a show announcement for you all! What show is this!? It’s a three-act show with a touring band from Louisiana. For this one we have the instrumental musical project, Fel Fae. The touring act on the bill is “Guts Club” from New Orleans. You can stream some of their music below to find out what they are all about. Then opening things up is another Fel Fae related act, and that is Nick Murphy playing solo-acoustic!

This show is set to start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.