Videos: Teen Freak at Skank Skates on November 15th

Posted on November 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

The Southtown Record Fair that happened last weekend was a huge success, with Black Sheep being filled to the brim with tables full of records and a great show happening on the ramp of Skank Skates. Today we are bringing you a video from the show that happened at Skanks last weekend, and that is of the Springfield band lotto band Teen Freak playing two of their songs from their demo they released earlier in the fall. Check out the video below.

Teen Freak will be playing their next show here at Black Sheep on Saturday, December 13th along with Cloud Rat, Plagues, Disrotted, The Wrong, and Diaper Rash.

Photos: November 5th at Black Sheep

Posted on November 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a fresh batch of photos from a show that happened earlier this month on Wednesday, November 5th at Black Sheep. Thanks to AJWF Photography for all of these photos, you can check out the full album on the AJWF Photography page. This show featured the band Dowsing from Chicago as well as Springfield local bands Our Lady and Looming (pictured above). Check out a few of the photos from that show above and below, or head over to the Black Sheep flickr page where you can catch a photo stream of all sorts of show photos, fliers, and more.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Evil Step Bros, 2 Live Nation, YKGT, KMG, Yi$

Posted on November 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we have a pretty happening hip hop show going on. Tonight will feature DJ Ryon Scoggins throughout the event. It will also feature the two-piece power duo, Evil Step Brothers, which features OM33ZY who we had on a more recent hip hop show here at Black Sheep. We also have the familiar face D.B. Cooper taking the stage. Will D.B. have candy this time around? Who knows. Then we have the electronic rap artist Y.K.G.T. Then lined up is the artist K.M.G. and opening the whole shebang we have an artist known as Y1$.

This show will start at 6:00 pm and admission is $5. Find a facebook event for the hip hop show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep and South Town.

Black Sheep Holiday Show + Big Storm Final Show December 20th

Posted on November 21, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It is finally time for us to announce our big Black Sheep Holiday Show, happening this year on Saturday, December 20th (at Black Sheep of course). This holiday show we are going to get together and drink hot chocolate and cry because the feel-good rock group Big Storm will be playing their final show. We have been told that the band is calling it quits, but they plan on releasing all of their unreleased material they have at this show. Come out and listen to Big Storm one last time. Also on this show is the emo rock group Wir Können, which is now based out of Champaign/Urbana, and Bloomington, Illinois. In addition to that we have our battle of the bands all-star band, The Locals. Also going somewhere in the lineup will be one out of town band called Lamp from the Chicago area. They play experimental stuff that you can stream below.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can find a facebook event soon, but in the meantime check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep.

Today On Black Sheep Radio: The Thomas Nicholas Band

Posted on November 21, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today is another episode of The Black Sheep Radio, and we have some special guests touring through and stopping in. Today we have all four members of the Thomas Nicholas Band from Los Angeles and Nashville. They are currently on tour and will be playing here in Springfield at Lucid on Saturday (tomorrow), November 22nd along with The Sun And The Sea and Matthew Kennedy. The band features a former member of old Springfield band The Junior Varsity. Thomas Nicholas is also an actor who played roles in popular films Rookie of the Year and American Pie. We will be talking to the band about their travels, and possibly a big plan for a music video involving Southtown.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm this afternoon on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream the show live online at wqna.org at the same time. Don’t forget to check out our radio page where we try to keep an updated archive of our past shows that you might have missed.

Diaper Rash: “Demo One”

Posted on November 20, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a very interesting stream of a new demo from a new Springfield punk band that we know very little about. The band is called Diaper Rash, and we do not know who is in the band, but we do know that the band will be playing their very first show on Saturday, December 13th at Black Sheep along with Cloud Rat, Disrotted, Teen Freak, and The Wrong. The only info we have on this band is a photo of them wearing baby masks (above). You can stream the six-minute long demo from the band below, or head over to their bandcamp page where you can download the track for free.

Dumb Records Black Friday Sale

Posted on November 20, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Black Friday is coming up and that means sales are going on everywhere and everyone is crazy. Southtown record store Dumb Records decided to give in and participate in a Black Friday sale on Friday, November 28th. Customers are welcome to camp outside and wait in line for days to catch all of the great deals. For this sale Dumb Records is going to have a 30% off sale for all used items and a 15% off for all new items. This includes LPs, 7″s, CDs, cassettes, and band shirts.

Dumb Records is located at 1107 South Grand East. The store will be open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm for Black Friday, and you can check the store’s regular hours out on our Dumb Records page.

December 5th at Black Sheep: Webacksoon, Prince Louis V, Deezy Da Paperboy

Posted on November 19, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Are you ready to hear about the next hip hop show happening at Black Sheep? We do already have one lined up this Saturday (November 22nd) but today we are telling you about this show happening on Friday, December 5th. It’s going to feature a good lineup of hip hop and rap artists and a few rap battles. Lineup up for this show we have the group known as “Webacksoon” and you can find some of their music streaming below. We also have Prince Louis V lined up as well as Deezy Da Paperboy. In addition to those acts, there are a few battles lined up. Right now those are…

Tello vs. TJ Byrd
Relentless vs. Southside
Cerius Bars vs. Get’Embo

If you enjoyed Black Sheep’s previous battle sets then there is a good chance you will enjoy this. This show is going to be $5 and start at 7:00 pm. Check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep, and you can check out 217hiphop.com for all things related to local hip hop.

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