July 13th at Black Sheep: Doby Watson, Margo May, Jessica Knight, Our Lady (acoustic)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Get ready for a Monday night show in July- this one is happening on Monday, July 13th and will feature some great touring bands and also some acoustic versions of some of your Springfield favorites. For this show we have the experimental artist from New York Doby Watson. You can check out Doby Watson’s newest album (released on Error Records) below. Also on tour with Doby Watson and playing this show is a Kansas City-based artist called Margo May. Then we have a special solo performance by Jessica Knight of the band Looming, and also a rare Our Lady acoustic set. Be sure to come out early and catch both of those sets!

The show 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 coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

July 1st at Black Sheep: Appalachian Terror Unit, Occultonomy, SAP, Sgt Karate

Posted on June 6, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

On Wednesday, July 1st we will be kicking off July with a killer show for fans of all sorts of different punk, hardcore, and metal. We have the band Appalachian Terror Unit coming from Huntington, West Virginia. They are an anarcho/crust punk band and you can stream some of their music on the player below. For this show we also have the scientific two-piece band Occultonomy coming from Galesburg, Illinois. You might remember the last time they played in Southtown was on the ramp of Skank Skates during our first ever Southtown Record Fair! Also on this show we have the sappy three piece group SAP. And opening things up we have the one man black metal wonder project, “Sgt Karate.”

This show will be starting at 7:00 pm and admission is $5-7, whatever you see fit. Find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a complete list of every show coming up at Black Sheep.

Today at Downtown Springfield: Black Sheep Stage at SOHO

Posted on June 6, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today there is a lot of exciting things happening, especially downtown where the eleventh annual SOHO Music Festival is taking place. SOHO is a downtown music festival with proceeds this year going to 10 different charities. This year for the first time ever, Black Sheep, Dumb Records, and South Town Studio will be involved with SOHO in running our very own stage and tent. Here is the lineup and schedule for the Black Sheep stage today:

1:00 – Kickstart
3:00 – The Science Of
4:00 – Blind Social
5:30 – Wir Können
7:00 – The Locals
8:30 – Hospital Job
10:00 – Looming

In addition to the stage, Dumb Records will also have a tent with records for sale and also some free Dumb Fest mix CDs. Check out the full lineup for SOHO and more info on the festival on the festival’s website right here. Admission to the festival is just $5 and free for kids under age 12.

Dumb Fest 3-D One Week Away

Posted on June 5, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It may be hard to believe it, but Dumb Fest 3-D is a mere week away from kicking off at Black Sheep. We just had a roundtable meeting earlier this week to gear up for the big festival and organize volunteers. Also earlier this week we posted the complete schedule and set times. You can still check that out right here.

Dumb Fest 3-D will be happening next weekend Friday and Saturday on June 12th and 13th. Admission is $10 for each day advance and $15 at the door. Tickets can be bought in advance at Dumb Records during store hours or online right here. Pre-orders can be bought until up to 8:00 pm on Thursday night! A facebook event for Dumb Fest can be found right here. Also be sure to check out our Dumb Fest 3-D page with links to all of the bands playing.

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