New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on August 4, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at Southtown Springfield record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand Ave. East). This means there are plenty of new arrivals, including a big stack of new LPs from your favorite Sub Pop Records bands. Dumb Records will also be having a tent set up at Downhome Music Festival downtown this weekend, so be sure to check that out if you are at the festival! Also on Sunday Dumb Records will be having a 10% off sale on everything in the store during the Black Sheep Open Mic! Let’s take a look at Dumb Records’s operating 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 (show + 10% off sale): 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm

New LPs
Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
Carissa’s Weird – Ugly But Honest: 1996-1999
Carissa’s Weird – Songs About Leaving
Earth – Earth 2
Earth – Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Iron And Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
J Mascis – Tied To A Star
Kevin Greenspon – Common Objects
Mudhoney – Mudhoney
Mudhoney – The Lucky Ones
The Murder City Devils – In Name And Blood
Nirvana – Bleach Deluxe Edition
Pissed Jeans – Hope For Men
Pissed Jeans – King Of Jeans
Pissed Jeans – Shallow
The Postal Service – Give Up
The Ruby Suns – Christopher
The Shins – Oh, Inverted World
The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
The Shins – Wincing The Night Away
Soundgarden – Screaming Life
Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary
The Thermals – More Parts Per Million

New 7”s
The Timmys – Dude, Girl

New Cassettes
Dark Thoughts – Summer Tour 2015
Sneaky Creeps – Negative Space

Tonight at Black Sheep: King Worm, Dark Thoughts, Kowabunga! Kid, Sneaky Creeps

Posted on August 3, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight we have a real fun show happening at Black Sheep for all fans of punk, pop punk, and any type of jumping around or dancing. Tonight we have a performance by Springfield’s own King Worm featuring their real vocalists Mike Tirehaus in the flesh real life. And on tour from Philadelphia and playing this show is Dark Thoughts, featuring members of The Holidays and Bad Side who have played at Black Sheep in the past. Stream some new Dark Thoughts songs on the player below. Before them we have everyone’s favorite Champaign/Urbana punk band, Kowabunga! Kid. And opening things up tonight we have a last minute addition to the show and that is Sneaky Creeps from Kansas City, Missouri.

The show tonight is happening at 7:00 pm and admission this time around is $7 for 3 out of town bands. 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 else coming up at Black Sheep this summer and fall.

August 8th at Black Sheep: Fel Fae, Tare, Weeping Iniquity, Bo Mellado

Posted on August 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Time for a little bit of a last minute show announcement for Black Sheep! This show is happening this upcoming Saturday on August 8th. This show is a little last minute, and it’s also happening at 2:00 pm. There will be some type of Southtown Barbecue going on so that makes even more reason to come out! 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. Check out some of Tare’s music streaming on the player below. Also on this show we have an act called “Weeping Iniquity” that we do not know much about, and opening things up will be a solo performance by Bo Mellado hopefully performing some acoustic Asthma 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 that same day! 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.

Videos: Derider – “Open-Handed Answer” at Black Sheep 7-17-15

Posted on August 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a video of the band Derider performing last month at Black Sheep on July 17th. The show was also with F///\\\M, Our Lady, and Estates and was a good time. You can check out a video of Derider playing their song “Open-Handed Answer” below. Check out Derider’s bandcamp page for more of their recorded music.

Check out our vids/pics page on our site for a longer listing of live videos and photos collected throughout the years at Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: SAP, Moon Hag, Fel Fae

Posted on August 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Yes, there is a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! It is going to be a real treat, with three bands including one coming all the way from Canada. Tonight we have the three piece indie/grunge band SAP playing for us all. The touring band from Canada is called Moon Hag and they play psychedelic punk stuff. Check out some of Moon Hag’s music streaming below. Opening things up is a performance by the newer instrumental project Fel Fae. Try not to miss those bands!

The show tonight starts 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 everything else coming up in Southtown for the rest of the summer.

Sneaky Creeps Added To August 3rd at Black Sheep

Posted on August 1, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We have a last minute addition to a show that will be happening this upcoming Monday, August 3rd at Black Sheep. That addition is the band Sneaky Creeps from Kansas City. The band needed a show last minute, and we were able to help them out! You can check out some of Sneaky Creeps’s music streaming below.

Also playing the show on Monday is Dark Thoughts from Philadelphia, Kowabunga! Kid, and King Worm. You can find a facebook event for all of that right here. The show starts at 7:00 pm and costs $7. You can also find a list of all of our upcoming shows right here on our shows page.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Until We Are Ghosts, WARRS, Threads, Vacant Skies, Nick Harlow

Posted on July 30, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

There is a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! We don’t have any shows this upcoming Friday or Saturday so let’s come out and make sure this is a good one. For this show we have Rochester melodic hardcore band Until We Are Ghosts returning to Black Sheep for the second time this year. You can stream some of their music on the player below. We also have the local screamo/hardcore band WARRS going on before that and causing chaos on the stage. Touring with Until We Are Ghosts is another act called “Threads.” Threads are from Martinsburg, West Virginia and play emo/hardcore. Earlier on we have Vacant Skies from around the area playing metalcore, and opening things up is a solo set from Nick Harlow of the band Loses The Mighty.

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

Epsom: “Ah, Youth!”

Posted on July 29, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield rock group Epsom have released their new LP, Ah, Youth! up for streaming online. The album was released earlier this month on vinyl LP. You can stream the whole album on the player below, or head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can pay to download the whole album or look into ordering the physical copy.

Check out a lyric video for Epsom’s song off of the album- “Damn & Blast” right here. It looks like Epsom do not have any shows currently lined up, but we will be sure to keep you updated as soon as they do.

Slacker Tapehead: “Slacker Tapehead”

Posted on July 28, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we bring you new music from Springfield solo ambient electronic project Slacker Tapehead. Slacker Tapehead is 5 tracks of improvised electronic music recorded on a Fostex X-28 multitracker by Eric Rogers of The Luhzin Defense. The result is a very spacious and experimental collection of synths, guitars, vocals and other sounds that will appeal to fans of experimental music and post-rock.

Slacker Tapehead’s debut is available for streaming and download now on Bandcamp with a cassette release to follow. No live shows are scheduled for Slacker Tapehead right now, but keep your eyes and ears peeled!

August 15th at Black Sheep: Black Sheep Art Show

Posted on July 28, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It has been a little while since we have had an art show set up at Black Sheep! Today we are announcing one coming up in just a couple of weeks next month! This will be happening on Saturday, August 15th. Here is who we have lined up for artists participating in the show so far:

Clare Frachey
Kristin Walker
Kamila Glowacki
Brian Galecki
Mike Tirehaus
Brett Freeman

We are also still looking for more participating artists! You can email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com if you are interested in participating. This event will be happening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and admission is free. You can find a facebook event for the art show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at all of the events coming up in Southtown.