Good Times: “Springfield” Music Video

Posted on November 19, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like we might be a little late on posting this new music video from acoustic artist Good Times for his new video for the song “Springfield,” which was released back in late August. You can find the video below. It looks like Good Times has also been adding more members to help out with the project- they recently posted a snippet of a new full-band single being recorded at South Town Studio to their facebook page. You can be on the lookout for some full band “Good Times & Company” songs in the very near future.

Right now Good Times and Company has a show lined up at The Tin Can Pub this Saturday (November 22nd) along with Solar Cadet.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on November 18, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at popular Springfield record store Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East) and now that we are past the big Southtown Record Fair, there are a good chunk of new arrivals piling into the store at a steady rate. We have a list of some of those arrivals for you today. We also want to thank all of you who came out for the first ever Southtown Record Fair this past weekend. It was all around a great success, along with the great article in The Illinois Times last week on Southtown. Here are Dumb Record’s open 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: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Chain And The Gang – Down With Liberty… Up With Chains!
Echo & The Bunnymen – Echo & The Bunnymen
The Mighty Lemon Drops – Happy Head
Nothing People – Anonymous
Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
State Lines – For The Boats
Urban Verbs – Early Damage
Urban Verbs – Urban Verbs

New 7”s
Various – Sundae Bloddy Sundae (Skeletal Lightning Compilation)

Used 7”s
Coercion – Milhouse
Dehumanized – Classified / Problems
The Go-Nuts – Go Nuts With… The Go-Nuts!!
Lexicon Devil – Happy Ever After
Lime Cell – Lime Cell
The Ouija Boreds – We Love Vic Vacume’
Punching Moses – This Mini Schnauzer Wants To…
Reaction Formation – Looking At You
Scott Baio Army – Join The Army
Wheeljack / Year Zero – Burn! For Two

New Cassettes
Gazeebo – Demo
Milchjunge – Demo 2014
Smallpox Champion – Smallpox Champion
Soap Scum/Asthma/Pregnancy Test/Ski Mask – 4 Way Split

Used CDs
Anchors For Arms – Listen.React
Barbra Streisand – The Essential Barbra Streisand
A Better Hope Foundation – Trading Heroes For Ghosts
Big Mouth – Strong Voices
Black Flag – Wasted Again
Bob Seger – Greatest Hits
Bob Seger – Greatest Hits 2
Brandon Carnes – Harvest
Cat Stevens – The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
Chillout – 41.56
Code Orange Kids – Love Is Love//Return To Dust
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Fare Thee Well – Cynic
George Winston – Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions
Gloria Estefan – Greatest Hits
Good Luck Varsity – Thrones
Jewel – Spirit
Joe Jack Talcum – Home Recordings 1984-‘97
John Strauss – Golden Classics
Media Blitz – No Regrets
Modus – Aurora – Modus Aurora
NIL8 – Six Inch Extension
NOFX – Never Trust A Hippy
Paul McCartney – Driving Rain
Run, Forever – Settling
Upon A Burning Body – The World Is Ours
We Must Dismantle All This! – WMDAT
What We’ve Become – EP

Tonight at Black Sheep: The Stasi, The Holidays, King Worm, SAP

Posted on November 17, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s a Monday night here at Black Sheep and after a great and successful weekend we have a rare Monday night punk show lined up for you all. For this show we have a few acts on tour from Philadelphia. This show features the one-man band, The Holidays featuring Jim Shomo of the band Bad Side. You may have caught The Holiday’s last Black Sheep performance at Dumb Fest 2 back in June. The Holidays will be coming with full band The Stasi, also from Philadelphia. We have some of The Stasi’s music streaming below. In addition to the two touring acts we also have Springfield hardcore punk band King Worm. Then opening things up will be a set by spooky Springfield band SAP.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check the Black Sheep shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep before the year is over.

Videos: Don’t Mess With Winkie Reunion at Black Sheep Halloween Show 2014

Posted on November 16, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It is almost one month later, and some video footage of the Black Sheep Halloween show on October 24th last month has just been released. We have some rare video footage of some of Don’t Mess With Winkie‘s set at the show. Don’t Mess With Winkie was a Springfield ska band active from 2006 to 2012, and they played a special reunion show for our Halloween show last month. In the video you can catch them playing their hit song “Molly.” Check out the video below.

You can always find more videos of other Black Sheep shows from years past on our vids/pics page.

Triple Thrash Threat: “Sleep”

Posted on November 16, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are bringing you a new song from a new recording project featuring Chris Yeager of Like… With Jetpacks and The Gunga Dins. The new project is called Triple Thrash Threat, and the song that we have today is called “Sleep”. You can find that streaming below or also head over here to the Triple Thrash Threat bandcamp where you can download the song for your own price. Here’s what Chris had to say about his new project:

Please listen to this demo I recorded. (A demo is a song that you shouldnt let other people listen to).

There are no plans that we know of for Triple Thrash Threat to play any shows live, but hopefully there are more songs to come.

December 13th at Black Sheep: Cloud Rat, Disrotted, Teen Freak, The Wrong, Diaper Rash

Posted on November 15, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like that on Saturday, December 13th Black Sheep has this monster of a hardcore show lined up and ready to attack. Get ready for some heavy stuff. For this show we have grind band Cloud Rat coming from Michigan and doing a collaboration set with other band Plagues. You can check out some of Cloud Rat’s music streaming below. The bands will be on tour with heavy sludge band Disrotted from Chicago. Then we have a performance by Springfield’s own wacky punk band Teen Freak. Also lined up and also from Chicago is The Wrong, who are coming back and making up for a show that they dropped here back in October. We are excited to have them. Opening this show up is a brand new Springfield hardcore band going by the name Diaper Rash. Who is in this band? No one knows.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and the door charge to support the touring acts is anywhere between $5 and $7 (we’ll let you pick). You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find a complete list of everything coming up in Southtown.

Today in Southtown: Record Fair + 2 Shows

Posted on November 15, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

There are a LOT of exciting things going on in and around Southtown today. Almost TOO many things for us to fit into one post, but we are going to try anyway. There are a total of THREE big events happening around Southtown in three different locations, and we are going to go over each one.

The first is the first ever Southtown Record Fair. This is happening today from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm inside Dumb Records and Black Sheep. Black Sheep will be filled with tables set up by different stores and distributers from all over the area. Let’s look at the list of those that will be setting up at the fair:

Acid Kat Zine (St. Louis based label and zine)
Don’t Touch My Records (St. Louis based label)
Error Records (Champaign/Urbana label and record store)
The Garbage Shop (Taylorville label)
Guard (Springfield/Milwaukee/Kansas City based label)
Kuloolu Records (Champaign/Urbana label)
Ooey Gooey Tapes (Springfield based label)
Patch Records (Springfield based label)
Rat King Records (Champaign/Urbana based label)
Reality is a Cult (Galesburg IL based label)
Swollen Lungs (Bloomington/Normal based label)
Waiting Room Records (Bloomington/Normal record store)

That’s going to be a lot of records. Don’t forget that this event is FREE to the public. There will also be a 10% off sale going on over at Dumb Records located right next door during the fair. Find a facebook event for the record fair right here.

The second fun event happening today in Southtown is a free show on the ramp of Skank Skates at 2:30 pm happening during the Southtown Record Fair. For this show we have three bands lineup up. This includes the two-piece science-themed punk project, Occultonomy from Galesburg, Illinois. This also features Springfield’s own band lotto prized band, Teen Freak. We also have a new Champaign hardcore band called Silk that we have been told features members of a few other Champaign punk bands.

The third and final event is this killer show happening at Black Sheep at 7:00 pm, normal show time. For this show we have Masked Intruder returning from Madison, Wisconsin to play for us all. You may remember the last time Masked Intruder came through and played on the ramp of Skank Skates. If case you forgot, we have a player with some of Masked Intruder’s music embedded below. This time around Masked Intruder will be playing with popular Springfield punk band, The Timmys. We also have Inner Outlines, who were guests on The Black Sheep Radio Show yesterday. Opening things up is the experimental-jam band Flamingo from Jacksonville, Illinois. The show will start right at 7:00 pm and admission for this one is $8. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page to stay updated on all of the many events happening in Southtown.

The Illinois Times: “Punk Paradise In Southtown”

Posted on November 13, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Many of you have been excited today (aside from all the snow) about a feature story in this week’s issue of The Illinois Times about Southtown and all of the businesses and people that make it a creative hub of Springfield. Pictured on the front of The Illinois Times (above) is Brandon Carnes of South Town Studio. The actual article spans five pages and covers much of what is going on inside Southtown including Dumb Records, The Black Sheep, Skank Skates, Boof City Skate Shop, South Town Studio, Clay’s Popeye’s Barbeque, and even George’s gardening projects. From the article:

On a typical Wednesday evening in Southtown, one might enter through the front door of Dumb Records (1107 S. Grand Ave.) and pass young people (leather, tattoos and piercings optional, but prevalent) talking and casually perusing the LP, 45, cassette, CD and t-shirt stock or possibly engaging in a game of foosball. The music choices on the store speakers here can be eclectic – recent visits have featured selections from Slayer and the Mamas & the Papas. The atmosphere is casual but strangely energized.

Exiting Dumb Records through the back door will land you in an unpaved parking lot, and if there is a concert at Black Sheep that night it will more than likely be abuzz with even more young people – band members might be unloading equipment from vans or cars while other kids talk, smoke or just goof around. Music is often in the air, wafting from Southtown Recording studios, housed in the building directly behind Dumb Records, where proprietor and engineer Brandon Carnes offers practice space to local combos between recording sessions. He has recorded projects for more than 30 bands since opening there in February.

Check out the article online right here, which also features a live video of the band Looming playing at Black Sheep earlier this month on November 5th. You can also pick up a physical copy of The Illinois Times between now and next Thursday at various local businesses around Springfield. For those of you more interested in checking out some things that Southtown has to offer, many of the buildings here are going to be active during our first ever South Town Record Fair coming up this Saturday.

December 6th at Black Sheep: Dan Vapid & The Cheats, Death And Memphis, Looming, Hospital Job, The Seething Coast

Posted on November 13, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

On Saturday, December 6th this year we have a show with a killer lineup made to get us through the winter months. For this show we have Dan Vapid & The Cheats coming to Chicago to play at Black Sheep. For those of you unfamiliar with Dan Vapid, he has played in punk bands for years including Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, The Methadones, Sludgeworth, The Mopes, and Noise By Numbers. Stream some music from Dan Vapid & The Cheats on the player below. Also coming from Chicago for this show will be Death And Memphis. For Springfield bands we have Looming lined up to play, which should be a real treat. We also have a performance by Springfield’s own Hospital Job, which will be their first local show since returning from The Fest in Gainesville last month. To top the show off it looks like The Seething Coast will be opening things up with a good start.

This show is going to start right at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can have a look at everything else coming up in South Town.

December 15th at South Town Studio: Genovia Forever, Mouthsex, Silk

Posted on November 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like recording studio South Town Studio is going to be trying something new this December, and that will be hosting a full three-band show right up in the tower behind Black Sheep and Dumb Records. The show will be happening on Monday, December 15th. Three bands will play, anyone is welcome to come watch the show for $5, and the show will also be recorded live and all attendees will receive a free download to the show they just attended! What a great idea! For this show South Town Studio will have the touring punk band from Galesburg, Genovia Forever, featuring members of Rat Storm, Pillow Fight, Occultonomy, and a few others. You can stream some of their music below. Up next we have Springfield snot band Mouthsex. And the third and final band is Champaign’s new punk band Silk, who are also playing this Saturday on the ramp of Skank Skates at 2:30 pm.

This show is going to be a 7:00 pm, $5 show in South Town Studio. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up right here in South Town.