Today on Black Sheep Radio: Eric Welch (SOHO Music Festival)

Posted on June 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

This weekend, SOHO Music Festival will be happening downtown Springfield for the eleventh year. This is the first year of SOHO that, Black Sheep, Dumb Records, and South Town Studio are involved in hosting our very own stage at the festival. The Black Sheep stage will be up and running for Saturday of the festival (tomorrow) and will include bands Looming, Hospital Job, Wir Können, The Locals, The Science Of, and Kickstart. Check out the full SOHO lineup right here. Today on The Black Sheep Radio Show we will get the chance to talk to SOHO festival organizer Eric Welch (pictured above) about the big weekend and what to expect.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can also stream the show live online during the same time at wqna.org. Also be sure to check out our radio page for a list of downloadable episodes from the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: F///\\\M, Blind Social, Panzys

Posted on June 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we have a short and sweet three band local showcase show! This show will be our only show happening at Black Sheep this weekend (we will have a stage set up at SOHO tomorrow) so be sure to come on out! For this show we have the ambient solo project of Brandon Carnes called “F///\\\M.” Some of F///\\\M’s music is streaming below. Up before that we have the three-piece rock group Blind Social. And then opening things up is a performance by the rambunctious punk group Panzys.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at a full list of shows coming up at Black Sheep.

June 20th at Black Sheep: Inner Outlines, The Complaint Line, Because Reasons, Kickstart

Posted on June 3, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Later this month on Saturday, June 20th we have a four band alternative/rock show happening at Black Sheep. For this show we have a handful of bands from surrounding areas, including Inner Outlines from Carrollton, Illinois. They play a type of pop punk. This show is also the return of local band The Complaint Line to Black Sheep, since their last show here last August. Then we have the indie-pop band called “Because Reasons” coming from St. Louis to play this show. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Opening things up is a performance by the pop punk local band Kickstart, who are also playing the Black Sheep stage of SOHO Music Festival downtown this upcoming weekend!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out a facebook event right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a list of everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Tantive IV, The Creative, WARRS

Posted on June 3, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight we have a pretty quick and last minute show at Black Sheep for you all. It will feature three bands.

This show will feature two touring bands from Indiana and one local. For one of the two touring bands we have the Indianappolis screamo band Tantive IV (pictured above). You might remember Tantive IV playing a South Town Studio show earlier this year. Tantive IV will be coming with another Indy band called “The Creative.” You can check out some of The Creative’s music streaming below. The one local on the show right now is the screamo/hardcore band WARRS, who just recently released their seven-track demo and will possibly have it out on cassette for this show.

The 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 look at what is coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Dumb Fest 3-D Ten Days Away, Set Times Posted

Posted on June 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like we are merely ten days away from Dumb Fest 3-D – the biggest two day event of the year for us in Southtown. Thank you to all who came out to the Dumb Fest meeting last night! We were able to come up with some other good ideas for the festival and also map out volunteering a little better.

Now that we are ten days away from Dumb Fest 3-D, the set times and set locations have been posted. You can find that on the chart above. If you are playing in a band make sure to show up at least one hour before hand. We have a very tight schedule to stick to and can’t stray to far from it. Also for bands playing, this schedule hopefully helps us figure out gear sharing a little better. We have one set of drums and guitar/bass cabs available, but bands are encouraged to bring gear since we have one house set and two stages.

Check out our Dumb Fest 3-D page right here and also a facebook event right here. Don’t forget tickets are still available online here and also inside Dumb Records. The two days are $10 in advance and $15 at the door ($20 in advance for a two-day pass). See you at Dumb Fest!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on June 2, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s a new week at Southtown record store Dumb Records and there are plenty of new arrivals in the store! This week we have a fresh batch of new LPs, a couple of new 7″s, and a whole boat-load of used cassettes and CDs that have came in. Come in the store sometime and check it out! We have some of those new arrivals listed below. Let’s also look over the hours for Dumb Records this week:

Tuesday (today): 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday (show): 12:00 pm – 9:00 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
Animal Collective – Prospect Hummer
Art Blakely & The Jazz Messengers – Ugetsu
Miles Davis – Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants
Slipknot – Slipknot
The Velvet Underground – Loaded
The White Stripes – The White Stripes

New 7”s
Black Panties – 7”
The Howl – Things I’ve Learned While Swallowing S Words

Used Cassettes
Ashley Cleveland – Bus Named Desire
Bob Wills – Bob Wills
Carolyn Arends – Feel Free
DC Talk – DC Talk
The Maranatha! Singers – Praise 9
Petra – Power Praise
Rich Mullins – A Liturgy A Legacy
Sergeant Preston – Original Broadcasts From The Golden Age Of Radio
Various – Seeds Sampler
Velocity – Cross Rhythms

Used CDs
Aldersgate – The Reunion
The Copyrights – We Didn’t Come Here To Die
The Copyrights – North Sentinel Island
Crew X – Christmas Rap Music
Deadron – And By The Way Rock N’ Roll
Don Mclean – American Pie & Other Hits
Good Luck Varsity – Thrones
Happy Christmas – A BEC Holiday Collection
Kenny Rogers – & The First Edition
Jennifer Juniper – Donovan
Look Up – Out Of Place
Maps For Travelers – Change Your Name
Mutts – Object Performance
Natures Course – Venture Under The Sea
Pink – Can’t Take Me Home
Ricky Nelson – Best Of Ricky Nelson
Simon & Garfunkel – The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
Straight Company – Plugged In
Superchick – Beauty From Pain 1.1
Various – Best Of Reggae
Various – Surfonic Water Revival
Village People – The Best Of Village People

New Music From Dumb Fest Bands: Run Forever, Bugg, Benny The Jet Rodriguez

Posted on June 1, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Dumb Fest 3-D is coming up quick (11 days away to be exact) and plenty of the bands playing Dumb Fest this year have new music being released this summer. Today we have a post to highlight some of those bands who have recently have had new music come out.

The first of those is Run Forever from Braddock, Pennsylvania. The band just released a single for a three-song 7″ called Big Vacation (pictured above) coming out on July 10th. You can head over to Brooklyn Vegan right here to stream that song and read more about Run Forever’s upcoming release. Run Forever will be playing day one of Dumb Fest 3-D.

Another Dumb Fest 3-D band, Bugg, from Bloomington Indiana have recently released a demo cassette and you can stream that on the youtube player embedded below. The band will have the cassettes available when they play day two of Dumb Fest 3-D

The third Dumb Fest 3-D band that recently put out some new tunes is Benny The Jet Rodriguez from Long Beach, California. They recently released a split 7″ with the English pop band Martha. You can stream a song from Benny The Jet Rodriguez’s side of the split below. They will be playing day two of Dumb Fest 3-D.

Don’t forget that Dumb Fest 3-D tickets/3-D glasses are still on sale online right here and also available during store hours at Dumb Records. You can view the full lineup for Dumb Fest 3-D right here.

Dumb Fest 3-D Roundtable Meeting Tonight at Black Sheep

Posted on June 1, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s June, so that means we only have a little amount of time left to prepare for Dumb Fest 3-D happening on June 12th and 13th this year. Tonight at 8:00 pm we will be having a Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting to discuss Dumb Fest related things, come up with ideas to make the festival the best it can be this year, and to also organize help. Everyone and anyone is welcome to join us, even if you feel that you don’t have much to contribute. We will also be talking about SOHO Festival happening downtown this upcoming weekend and also the ongoing Project Southtown Kickstarter Campaign.

Videos: Vacation at Black Sheep

Posted on May 31, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a video of the Ohio-based fuzz-punk band Vacation playing at Black Sheep earlier this month. The band played here on May 10th along with Looming and Kowabunga! Kid. You can see the video of them playing their song “Straight To My Head” live at Black Sheep below.

Check out our “vids/pics” page for a better look at many photos and videos from Black Sheep and other Springfield shows from over the years.

June 3rd at Black Sheep: Tantive IV, The Creative, WARRS

Posted on May 31, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like today we have a last minute show to announce- and this one is happening this upcoming Wednesday, June 3rd. This show will feature two touring bands from Indiana and one local. For one of the two touring bands we have the Indianappolis screamo band Tantive IV (pictured above). You might remember Tantive IV playing a South Town Studio show earlier this year. Tantive IV will be coming with another Indy band called “The Creative.” You can check out some of The Creative’s music streaming below. The one local on the show right now is the screamo/hardcore band WARRS, who just recently released their seven-track demo and will possibly have it out on cassette for this show.