New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on August 11, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s a big week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East) because there are so many new records in the store! This week we have a good chunk of new records and restocks, and also a big stack of used records that have just hit the shelves. This also includes the new LP from local band Epsom– Ah, Youth! Don’t forget that Looming also have a brand new album- Nailbiter coming out with a big release show on August 14th and Dumb Records will be carrying the LP and CD for the album after the release show. Let’s take a look at Dumb Records’s open hours this week and then get into the new arrivals:

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: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss
Elliot Smith – Either/Or
Epsom – Ah, Youth!
Laura Stevenson And The Cans – Sit Resist
Nada Surf – The Weight Is A Gift
Screaming Females – Castle Talk

Used LPs
Air Supply – Now And Forever
Ape School – Junior Violence
April Wine – Power Play
Autograph – Sign In Please
Bangles – Different Light
Billie Holiday – The Billie Holiday Story
Billy Joel – Cold Spring Harbor
Billy Joel – 52^nd Street
Bing Crosby – The Best Of Bing
Canadian Brass – Christmass With The Canadian Brass
Cinderella – Night Songs
Chicago – II
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle
Debby Boone – You Light Up My Life
Disneyland – Candy Man
The Dregs – Unsung Heroes
E*Rock – Conscious
Exile – Kentucky Hearts
F.S. Blumm – Lichten
Global Good – Family Glue
Huey Lewis And The News – Fore!
Jackson Browne – Hold Out
John Cougar-Mellencamp – Uh-huh
Kay Starr & Count Basie – How About This
Louis Armstrong – I’m Beginning To See The Light
Men Without Hats – Pop Goes The World
Molly Hatchet – Molly Hatchet
The Nylons – Happy Together
Pat Benatar – Crimes Of Passion
Peter Rabbitt – Peter Rabbitt
Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair
Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
Restless Heart – Restless Heart
Rick Springfield – Living In Oz
Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!
Rolling Stones – Flowers
Rolling Stones – Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
Rolling Stones – Sucking In The 70’s
Rolling Stones – England’s Newest Hit Makers
Sammy Hagar – Standing Hampton
The Smothers Brothers – It Must Have Been Something I Said
Strategy – Drumsolo’s Delight
UFO – Force It

New 7”s
Cruelster – Terminal Windmill 7”

New Cassettes
Moon Hag – Terrify E.P.

Black Sheep Open Mic Tonight at Black Sheep

Posted on August 9, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s a non-stop weekend here in Springfield and the fun doesn’t end with our Black Sheep Open Mic happening tonight! Tonight we have a great assortment of ten acts performing, and then also a couple of open slots towards the end where anyone is welcome to show up and claim. Let’s take a look at the schedule:

9:45-10:00 – (open)
9:30-9:45 – (open)
9:15-9:30 – Ian Winterbauer.
9:00-9:15 – C Is For Cadaver
8:45-9:00 – Gordon Loveboat
8:30-8:45 – Pretend I’m Not There
8:15-8:30 – Brett Freeman
8:00-8:15 – Jameson Bullock
7:45-8:00 – Qiana Garmon
7:30-7:45 – Aundria Marsh
7:15-7:30 – Cody Garrett
7:00-7:15 – Licking Toads

Acts right now include poetry readings, acoustic/singing, full bands, noise sets, and more! Come check it out and you just might see something new! Also there will be a sale happening next door at Dumb Records which includes 10% off everything in the store! Our open mic starts right at 7:00 pm. For this we are asking for donations at the door of $1 to $5 to cover our venue running costs. 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.

Photos: Black Sheep Fest 2015

Posted on August 8, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Black Sheep Fest 2015 took place two weeks ago today on Saturday, July 25th. It was the eighth Black Sheep Fest that we have had so far, and it was certainly a lot of fun and featured a lot of great local acts. A total of 15 local acts performed, and today we have a good chunk of photos from the event. You can check out a few photos above and below, all of them taken by AJWF Photography. Head over to the “Black Sheep Fest 2015” AJWF Photography album on facebook to see over one hundred more photos from the fest.

Check out our vids/pics page for links to many more albums including most of the Black Sheep Fests from the past starting in 2008. Don’t forget that Black Sheep will also be celebrating our ten years as a venue with a big anniversary show this year on Saturday, September 18th. More information on that show right here.

Videos: Lincoln’s Legends At Black Sheep Fest 2015

Posted on August 8, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s hard to believe it, but Black Sheep Fest was already two weeks ago now. We are finally getting around to digging through the photos and videos from the fest, and today we want to highlight some interviews from the festival conducted by Lincoln’s Legends Podcast! Jeremie Bailey of the Lincoln’s Legends Podcast sat down with a few bands and people behind Black Sheep Fest 2015 and created some great video footage in the form of close to 5 minute interviews. Check out a list of bands and people interviewed below, and you can find a link to each video on each name:

Asthma
Hospital Job
Kevin Bradford
SAP
The Timmys

Check out the four-minute long SAP video below! Also keep an eye out for more Black Sheep Fest photos and videos in the next few days.

(2:00) Today at Black Sheep: Fel Fae, Tare, Weeping Iniquity, Jessica Knight

Posted on August 8, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today at Black Sheep we have a special 2:00 pm matinee show taking place! Matinee shows during the summer are always fun, and for this one we will also be hosting a Southtown barbecue! For this show we have the instrumental rock group Fel Fae, who is also playing the show tonight. We also have a band called “Tare” on tour from New Orleans. This band features members of the band All People, who played at Black Sheep this past April. Also on this show we have a newer local project called Weeping Iniquity, which will be playing their first Black Sheep show. Check out a new track from Weeping Iniquity streaming on the player below. Opening things up we no longer have Bo Mellado, but instead Jessica Knight of Looming will be performing some acoustic songs.

Again, this show starts at 2:00 pm on Saturday and admission is $5. This will get over early so you can go check out some of the bands playing Downhome Music Festival downtown! Find a facebook event for the Black Sheep show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Fill In The Blank, Abyss, The Locals, Sammy & The Punk, Terribly Happy

Posted on August 7, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Check out this show happening tonight at Black Sheep! We have five bands lined up for you all tonight and this show will be the CD release show for local band Fill In The Blank, and they will be dropping their first hit album – Slacker. We also have Abyss, who was the winner for the crowd voting portion of this year’s Battle of the Bands, and also played Black Sheep Fest as a result. Before them is the hit Springfield High School three-piece pop project, The Locals. Then before that we have the guitar/drums duo – Sammy & The Punk. Opening things up we have a Peoria pop punk band called Terribly Happy. You can stream some of their music on the player below.

This show will begin at 6:00 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 where you can find everything that is coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Black Sheep 10 Year Anniversary Show September 18th

Posted on August 6, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight we have a very big show announcement for a show that is pretty important to us as an all ages venue here in Springfield. On Friday, September 18th we will be celebrating the 10 year mark for Black Sheep, since our beginning in 2005. We certainly have come a long way since the very start, and there are hundreds of volunteers who have kept our doors open and plenty of dedicated individuals- Kevin Bradford to name one who has been the main Black Sheep owner for most of the ten years our venue has been around. To read more on important milestones the Black Sheep has taken on and a little bit more on our history, take a look at our Black Sheep history page.

We will have five acts playing the ten year anniversary show. These include some twists. We have Our Lady, which has been a band since 2009- during most of the years that Black Sheep has been around. We also have a set from a very rare unnamed band that we very much recommend for show-goers and punk fans from our earlier years. We also have Looming, who will be releasing their new album Nailbiter here at Black Sheep on August 14th. Before them we have another extremely rare performance by hardcore band Soap Scum, who has not played at Black Sheep in close to a year. Opening things up is a brand new noise project called Unicon Communications.

The ten year anniversary show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is just $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. In the meantime check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

September 12th at Black Sheep: Midwest Sadfest 2

Posted on August 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Did you think Dumb Fest and Black Sheep Fest are the only festivals happening here this year at Black Sheep and in Southtown? Well this year we will be hosting “Midwest Sadfest” for the first time ever! Midwest Sadfest 2 will be taking place this year on Saturday, September 12th at Black Sheep. The festival will be taking place all inside Black Sheep and will feature 14+ bands from all over the Midwest. Here is the full lineup of bands announced so far:

Old Fox Road
The Locals
WARRS
CRTTRZ
Lucid
Lavender
Monterrey IN.
Drained
Jr. Clooney
LifeWithout
Lobby Boxer
Einsam / The Punchline Kids
Krelboyne
Cody Carpenter

You can stream some music from one of those bands, “CRTTRZ” from New Mexico on the player below. You can expect announcements for a couple more bands in the next few days. Right now the festival is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm. Admission for the whole day is $8. Find a facebook event for the whole festival right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up this fall at Black Sheep.

Tours: Looming Nailbiter Release Tour

Posted on August 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield band Looming have announced the dates for their tour coming up later this month, surrounding the release of their brand new album Nailbiter, coming out on August 14th on No Sleep Records. You can check out the dates listed on the image above, or also below. The band will be hitting the road for seven days after they play their LP release show here at Black Sheep on Friday, August 14th.

8/14 – LP Release show at Black Sehep
8/15 – Kansas City, MO
8/16 – Springfield, MO
8/18 – Austin, TX
8/19 – Lafayette, LA
8/20 – Memphis, TN
8/21 – Bloomington, IN
8/22 – Champaign, IL

Don’t forget that Looming will be playing their LP release show for Nailbiter at Black Sheep on Saturday, August 14th along with bands Park, Hidden Hospitals, and The Choir Vandals. You can find info on tickets for that show ($8 in advance and $10 at the door) right here. Tickets are also for sale right now at Dumb Records. Find more info and a facebook event for the LP release show right here.

September 14th at Black Sheep: American Hate, King Worm, Wolf Luv, GRINN

Posted on August 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

The to start getting ready for back to school, and all of the good shows that will be coming up here in the fall! On Monday, September 14th we have this wild hardcore show happening at Black Sheep. For this show we have the band American Hate coming from Oklahoma City. If you are unfamiliar with American Hate’s music, you can stream some on the player below. Then we have local hardcore punk band King Worm, bringing plenty of fun and surprises. This show will also see an appearance from our harry friends from Champaign/Urbana – the wolf-fronted hardcore band “Wolf Luv.” If you have not seen Wolf Luv yet, they are truly a site to see. Opening things up is a brand new project called GRINN, which features Austin Connelly of Wir Können and Swamp Rat.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is anywhere from $5-7. 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 this fall at Black Sheep.