Old Southtown Photos (1988-2009) Recovered

Posted on December 2, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

After a long day of scanning close to 400 photographs to a computer and carefully logging dates and organizing photos, those of us at blacksheepspringfield.com headquarters are happy to bring you a good chunk of Southtown’s past today with a pretty heavy batch of old photos. These photos range in dates from 1988 with the start of the construction on Skank Skates, all the way up until the middle of the Black Sheep-era in 2009. Above you can see some of the construction on some of the ramps inside of Skank Skates in 1992 (other ramps were constructed in 1988). Directly below you can also see a picture of Black Sheep before it was actually Black Sheep as we know it, and it was being used for storage.

Check out all 265 photos that were scanned this weekend on our newly created Historic Southtown flickr album. Also head over to our flickr page for a collection of now close to 4,000 photos and fliers from all different eras of Black Sheep’s and Southtown’s past.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on December 2, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at Southtown record store Dumb Records and there are plenty of new arrivals in the store. This week features some goodies from the Washington DC label Dischord Reocrds. Let’s take a look at Dumb Records’s operating hours this week:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Fugazi – End Hits
Fugazi – First Demos LP
Minor Threat – First Two 7”s
Minor Threat – Out of Step
Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring

New 7”s
Extreme Noise Terrier – Supercilious Emulation Apparatus
Fugazi – Furniture + 2
Try The Pie – Won, Drous
Egg Hunt – 7”

New CDs
Gomorrahizer – Pseudo Go Induced Cephalgia

Used CDs
Biter – The Infected EP
Davs N’ Dave – Ward Off The Vultures Demo
Derketa – In Death We Meet
Divided Heaven – A Rival City
Doctor Dinosaur – Godzilla Mash Super Fun Summer Jukebox
Dogbreth – Sickly Bright From Love
Elway – Delusions
Empire Builder – Empire Builder
Fine Art – For The Band
For The Win – For The Win
For The Win – The Black And The Blue
Jack’s Smirking Revenge – Sluttering…
Junior Astronomers – I Had Plans For Us
Kim Champion – Knobby Knees
The Mighty Fine – Bad Timing For Everything
Order/Disorder – Jack’s Smirking Revenge
Paul Blest / Mike the Drive / Carload Of Thieves – Split
Problem Daughter – The First Two Albums
Various – Pocket Cat! Records Compilation Vol. 1
Vigils – Vigils
Wayne Arms – Linda Allé
…Y Los Dos Pistoles – Dirty Feet

New Cassettes
Extreme Noise Terrier – Extreme Noise Terrier

Used Cassettes
Glocca Morra – Ghoul Intentions
Run, Forever – Settling
Young Mountain – A Billion Times Around

January 10th: Dumb Records 1 Year Anniversary Show

Posted on December 1, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s hard to believe it, but Southtown record store Dumb Records is already nearing its one year of existence here in Springfield. The store opened up the weekend of January 10th and 11th this year in 2014. Now on Saturday, January 10th of 2015 we will be hosting a special show for Dumb Records at Black Sheep. Yes, this show is going to be at Black Sheep instead of Dumb Records because we want full rock bands to play and there will be other activities planned for inside of Dumb Records (to be announced later on). For this show we have a pretty good lineup of all local bands. Headlining the whole shebang is Caterpillar Club, the shoegaze-sludge project of Kevin Bradford, owner of Black Sheep. This show will also feature the second performance of the ten-person band lotto jazz fiasco going by the name of “International Mutant Orchestra.” We also have the return of Full Chroma, who’s last time playing at Black Sheep was for Black Sheep Fest 2014 back in July. Then will be the local band and Battle of the Bands champs, The Locals. And kicking things off we have Springfield rock group The Seething Coast.

The show at Black Sheep will start at 6:30 pm and the door price is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one soon. Dumb Records will also be open all day this day, from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm. Right now we can tell you that there will be a 15% off sale on everything in the store, and there will be other surprises announced later on. Check out our shows page if you want to have a peek at other things coming up in Southtown in 2015.

New Band Pages: The Locals

Posted on December 1, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

With 65 active local Springfield bands on our current bands page, the list is still growing and today we have one more page added and that is for the local band that go by the name The Locals. The Locals were this past year’s winners for the Black Sheep’s annual Battle of the Bands. They won both the judicial voting and the crowd voting, and got some studio time at South Town Studio this fall. You can find out more about The Locals if you head over to their new page, right here.

Don’t forget to check out any of the other 65 current band pages we have on our bands page. Do you play in a Springfield band that has not set up a page with us yet? Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set one up.

Rella: No Time (Late of the Pier)

Posted on November 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you the first ever recording from the Springfield solo project Rella, which is the acoustic project of Clare Frachey of the band SAP. This first recording is of a cover of a song called “No Time” by the band Late of the Pier. You can check it out streaming below or head over to the Rella bandcamp page where you can download it for free.

Rella currently does not have any shows lined up, but SAP will be playing on Sunday, December 28th for a show and movie screening. More information on that can be found right here.

December 27th at Black Sheep: Loses The Mighty, Krelboyne, Panzys, Lifewithout

Posted on November 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Who is ready for a killer show at Black Sheep right around the holidays? We have a good one lined up for Saturday, January 27th. This show is going to be the EP release show for Loses The Mighty, who plan on releasing their EP, What The Artist Said To The Bird. Also on this show is the return of the Champaign post-rock band, Kreylboyne. They played at Black Sheep earlier this year and you can stream some of their music below. Also on this show is the Springfield spit-punk band, Panzys. And opening things up we have a shoegaze band called “Lifewithout” coming from Alton, Illinois.

The show is going to start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming to Black Sheep this winter.

Nighthawk Recording In Southtown Studio, Possible Music Video In The Works

Posted on November 29, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like you can add Springfield legendary solo project Nighthawk to the list of acts who have been recording in South Town Studio right behind Black Sheep. Brandon Carnes and Brian Galecki are teaming up on a project to record Nighthawk’s hit song “Lesbian Dragon” in full-band form. Brian Galecki had this to say:

My Christmas present to everyone this year is paying Brandon his normal rate to record a full-band, full-awesome version of Nighthawk’s hit single, “Lesbian Dragon.” We are part of the way through this project and realize that we really need a music video to go along with this recording. Hopefully we can pull that off before Christmas, and the gift of Nighthawk can be shared with the world.

Currently part of the music video is being planned to be shot during the show at Black Sheep on December 6th featuring Dan Vapid & The Cheats, Looming, and a few other bands. If anyone is interested in being in the Nighthawk music video, come out to that show. Here is what Nighthawk had to say about the project:

I am triple threat. I can’t think play and sing at the same time. I do not just make music, I own music. Just give me an instrument. I will do it. Happy holidays from your pals at nightHawk! I’m gonna take a shower and dye my arm pit hair today.

January 9th at Black Sheep: Wir Können, Bad Banshee, Single Player, Nectar

Posted on November 29, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Are you all ready for our first official January show announcement as we get ready for an incredible 2015? 2015 is supposed to be The Year of the Sheep, so it is sure to be a great one. This show will be happening on Friday, January 9th at Black Sheep. This will be the return-to-home show for Springfield emo band Wir Können, who are supposed to be heading out on a tour out east and back during this winter vacation. Make sure to come out and welcome Wir Können home for this show. Also lined up for this show is another performance by Springfield spazzy and spooky ska band Bad Banshee. In addition to those locals, we have a couple of great bands coming from Champaign. The first of those is Single Player, who have not yet played at Black Sheep. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. We also have the return of Nectar, the female-fronted pop band featuring members of Kowabunga! Kid.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to keep an eye out for other shows coming up in 2015 on our Black Sheep shows page.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Hollow Earth, KDC, The Sheds, Loses The Mighty, Milchjunge

Posted on November 29, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep is going to be a power-packed hardcore show featuring five different bands that will get you to stomp around real hard. The band Hollow Earth is coming on tour from Detroit, and they play some heavy stuff that will be sure to shake all of Southtown. You can stream some of Hollow Earth’s music below. Also on the lineup is the band KDC from Buffalo, New York. They play more heavy hardcore and metal. Another later addition to this show is the skate punk band The Sheds from California. Then we have a couple of great local bands lined up. This includes the melodic hardcore band Loses The Mighty and also the new German-speaking punk band going by the name of Milchjunge.

The show tonight starts right at 7:00 pm and the door price is $7. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this winter.

Today at Dumb Records: Black Friday Sale

Posted on November 28, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

As today is Black Friday (the biggest shopping day of the year) and we are telling you that if you are going to be out shopping, you might as well take a stop at Southtown record store Dumb Records, where a Black Friday sale will be going on. For today only at Dumb Records you can find 30% off all used items and 15% off all new items. That’s right, everything is on sale. If you want to take a peek at what’s new in the store, check out our post from earlier this week.

Dumb Records will be open today from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Check out the store’s regular hours on our Dumb Records page.