Empire Board Shop Becoming “Boof City Skate Shop” October 31st

Posted on October 5, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

There are all sorts of big business moves going on around South Town recently. Last week we announced that Dumb Records was taking over the Harm House’s “Record of the Night.” Today we are bringing you news of change happening right above Dumb Records. It looks like Empire Board Shop is no more, and a new skate shop being called “Boof City Skate Shop” will be taking it’s place in the same spot right above Dumb. What does this change mean? For one, the skate shop above Dumb Records will be under new ownership. With this change we have also been told that the new skate shop will be ran more in tune with Skank Skates (similar to the affiliation between Black Sheep and Dumb Records). The new skate shop will be kicking things off with a big grand opening this Halloween:

So Friday, October 31st will be the new Boof City Skate Shop grand opening. You can find the flier for the event above. Find a facebook event for this right here. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for anything going on at Black Sheep that same night. We will post regular hours for the new Boof City Skate Shop when they are known.

Dumb Records October Show Series

Posted on October 4, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East next to Black Sheep) have just announced some big plans for an on going show series throughout the month of October. This includes four in-store shows and a sale going on during each one. Let’s run over all of those shows real quick:

Show #1: Tuesday, October 7th with Wilt Candy, Jerry Fels and the Jerry Fels, Johnathan San German, Like… With Jetpacks. 7:00 pm, $5 (facebook event)

Show #2: Sunday, October 12th with John Davey, Moor Hood, War Magic. 3:00 pm, free (facebook event)

Show #3: Tuesday, October 14th with Tyler Bisson, Tom Irwin, Kyle Gietl. 7:00 pm, $3-5

Show #4: Tuesday, October 28th with Ragna Rye, Lorin Devine, Bernie Flesch. 7:00 pm, donations

Wow, that’s like three shows that haven’t been announced all in one. In addition to all of the awesome acts that will be playing these shows, Dumb Records will be having a 15% off sale for everything in the store during all of these shows. There are going to be a lot of shows happening at Black Sheep and Dumb Records this month so be sure not to miss out on those. Check our shows page to stay updated on what will be coming up at both places.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Mikey Hash, MPress, ExSxB, Khunnit Music

Posted on October 3, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Hip hop has been making more of an appearance recently at Black Sheep and Dumb Records, and tonight we have a great hip hop show for all ages and all fans of music to come out to. For this show we have another performance by Mikey Hash, who also played at Black Sheep last weekend. Next up from Southeast High School is a group going by the name “MPress.” There is also one change in the lineup since the show was announced. Now playing this show is local rap group “ExSxB.” To top that off we have Khunnit Music Group coming from Lanphier High School.

This show is going to start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

Dumb Records Buys Rights To Harm House’s “Record Of The Night”

Posted on October 2, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

After the overall success of Cassette Store Day and general sales, Dumb Records made a bold business move earlier this week. The South Town record store (1107 South Grand East) decided to buy the rights to the inactive internet blog formerly known as “Harm House Record Of The Night” for 4 million dollars. The Springfield house venue known as the “Harm House” had been featuring photos of records on the blog for around one and a half years. You can now find the new and improved “Record of the Night” site at dumbrecords.tumblr.com. From the about section on the site:

We have now decided to move Record of the Night to Dumb Records to raise awareness of our local record store here in Springfield and promote records and bands that we love.

Be on the lookout for many “records of the night” taking place at Dumb Records and around South Town in the future. For a look at Dumb Records’ operating hours, go here. Find the first ever Dumb Records Record of the Night photo below.

November 29th at Black Sheep: Hollow Earth, KDC, Exalt, Loses The Mighty, Milchjunge

Posted on October 2, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a show announcement happening a little ways from now at the end of November. This one is happening on Saturday, November 29th. It will feature the Detroit hardcore/metal act Hollow Earth. You can stream some of Hollow Earth’s music on the player below. Hollow Earth will be on tour with hardcore/grind band KDC from New York and also the heavy Exalt from Ontario, Canada. All of that put together should be a real heavy show and a heavy time. Then we have a couple of local bands. We have the half-Springfield half-Central Illinois band Loses The Mighty playing. Opening the show up will be Springfield’s newest German-punk band, Milchjunge (which is German for Milk Boys).

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7 this time around. 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 (it’s going to be a great month).

Boss Tharrio Music Video: “More”

Posted on October 1, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Just recently Black Sheep and Dumb Records have been on a roll being featured in music videos being shot in Springfield. Yesterday we featured the video for Jay Willis’s song “Breathless” which was shot inside and outside of Black Sheep. We also recently stumbled across this video shot outside of Dumb Records of the hip hop artist Boss Tharrio. This is for Boss Tharrio’s song “More.” You can check out the video embedded below.

Important note: while we did think that this video was worth mentioning on this site, Dumb Records and The Black Sheep Cafe does not allow or encourage illegal activity or substances inside or around our buildings.

Boss Tharrio does not have any shows lined up at Black Sheep, but if you are interested in local hip hop, you can check out the show happening Friday night with Mikey Hash, MPress, OM33ZY, and Khunnit Music Group.

October 31st at Donnie’s Homespun: NIL8’s Hobgoblinspookadelic

Posted on October 1, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Earlier we announced our big Halloween show happening at Black Sheep on October 24th featuring Don’t Mess With Winkie, Los Injectors, Bad Banshee, and King Worm. NIL8‘s legendary Hobgoblinspookadelic will not be happening at Black Sheep this year, but instead just at Donnie’s Homespun. The date for that will be on Halloween, Friday October 31st. For that show there is another great local lineup. NIL8 will be playing (of course) along with long running Springfield punk band The Timmys. They will be joined by newer Springfield hardcore/punk/ska bands Bad Banshee and King Worm. For photos of last year’s Hobgob you can check out our Hobgob 2013 album on flickr.

All of that will be at 7:00 pm at Donnie’s Homespun (located at 107 West Cook Street) and the show is all ages. Admission will be $5. Find a facebook event for this right here. You can check out a list of this show and more upcoming Springfield shows on our Springfield shows page.

Jay Willis Music Video: “Breathless”

Posted on September 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It is not too often that we get to feature too much going on in the hip-hop realm of Springfield music here at blacksheepspringfield.com. However, there have been more an more hip hop shows happening at Black Sheep recently and we feel that this new music video from Springfield’s own Jay Willis is worth mentioning. The video is for his song called “Breathless” which was shot inside Black Sheep this summer. You can check out that video below.

Jay Willis does not have anything lineup up at Black Sheep currently, but there is a hip hop show happening at Black Sheep on Friday featuring Mikey Hash, MPress, OM33ZY, and Khunnit Music Group. You can also stay updated with everything related to hip hop and rap in the area at 217hiphop.com. Black Sheep and Dumb Records is also open to pretty much any band or musician looking to record music videos. You can always get ahold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on September 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Cassette Store Day was a huge success at Dumb Records and we would like to thank all of you who came out and bought anything or just hung out and made the day great. This week is another week at Dumb Records (1107 South Grand East) and there is a good batch of used LPs and CDs just in. Let’s look over Dumb Record’s hours this week before we go over what’s new:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

New LPs
Andre Kostelanetz – “The Graduate” Soundtrack
Andre Kostelanetz – For The Young At Heart
Andy Williams – The Andy Williams Sound Of Music
Andy Williams – Happy Heart
Arthur Fiedler – The Best Of Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops
The Association – Greatest Hits
Barbra Stretsand – Featuring The Way We Were And All In Love Is Fair
The Beatles – 1967-1970
Billy Vaughn – Michelle
Blind Faith – Blind Faith
Carole King – Tapestry
Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good
Cream – Live Cream
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Greatest Hits
Donovan – Donovan’s Greatest Hits
The Doors – The Soft Parade
Eric Weissberg / Steve Mandell – Dueling Banjos
Eric Burdon – The Best Of Eric Burdon And The Animals Vol. II
Ferrante & Teicher – In Love With
Ferrante & Teicher – The Twin Piano Magic Of
Ferrante & Teicher – Getting Together
Ferrante & Teicher – Midnight Cowboy
Ferrante & Teicher – Autumn Leaves
Ferrante & Teicher – The Ferrante And Teicher Concert
Ferrante & Teicher – The Ferrante And Teicher Concert Part Two
Floyd Cramer – Night Train
Grand Funk – Survival
Grand Funk – Live Album
Henry Mancini – The Second Time Around
Henry Mancini – The Sounds And Voices Of Henry Mancini
Hugo Montengro – Good Vibrations
Hugo Montengro – The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Janis Joplin – Greatest Hits
Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers
John Strauss – Strauss Concert
Kraftwerk – Computer World
Led Zeppelin – II
Led Zeppelin – III
The Mamas & The Papas – Golden Era Vol. 2
The Mams & The Papas – Deliver
Mark, Don, & Mel – 1969-71
Martin Denny – Sayonara
Mason Williams – Music
Maurice Jarre – Grand Prix
The Mystic Moods Orchestra – Love Token
The Mystic Moods Orchestra – More Than Music
The Mystic Moods Orchestra – One Stormy Night
The Mystic Moods Orchestra – Stormy Weekend
Neil Diamond – Hot August Night
Neil Diamond – Velvet Gloves And Spit
Neil Diamond – Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The Osmonds – Phase-III
Percy Faith – Forever Young
The Ray Charles Singers – We Love Paris
The Ray Charles Singers – Spring, Spring, Spring
Ray Charles – Greatest Hits
Ray Conniff – It Must Be Him
The Righteous Brothers – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Roger Williams – I’ll Remember You
Roger Williams – Greatest Hits
Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St
Roy Orbison – Roy Orbison’s Greatest Hits
Roy Orbison – The Very Best Of Roy Orbison
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66
Shuggie Otis – Here Comes Shuggie Otis
Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits
Stanley Black – Grand Canyon Suite
Steppenwolf – Monster
The T-Bones – No Matter What The Shape
T-Bones – Shapin’ Things Up
Three Dog Night – Naturally
Tomita – Kosmos
Vanilla Fudge – Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge – Rock & Roll
Various – Goldfinger And Other Music From James Bond
Various – The Best Of ‘66
Various – The Super Groups
Various – Our Best To You
The Ventures – Go With The Ventures
The Ventures – 10^th Anniversary Album
The Ventures – The Horse
The Ventures – Wild Things
The Ventures – Running Strong
Wes Montgomery – Willow Weep For Me
The Who – Tommy
The 4 Seasons – Half & Half
The 5^th Dimension – Portrait

New CDs
Anberlin – Impossible
Curious Fools – Curious Fools
Darrell Evans – Freedom
Dead Artist Syndrome – Prints Of Darkness
Infradig – Kinetic Transfer
Innras – Kornflex Og Kanaulpur
Lifeform – EP
Lost & Found – As You Sow
Mark Shultz – Mark Schultz
Melody Makers – Play The Game Right
Micah Walk – Micah Walk
PFR – The Late Great
Randy Stonehill – The Stories And Songs Of Randy Stonehill
Sean Michael – The Thrill Of Hope
The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales
Storyville – Anthology
The Swirling Eddies – The Berry Vest Of
Switchfoot – Oh!Gravity
Symbiotica – Demo
The Throes – All The Flowers Growing In Your Mother’s Eyes
Various – 7Ball Gas Collection 10
Various – Starball Contribution
Various – Aliens And Strangers
Various – Not Just Any Other Day
Various – 20 Best Of Love In The 80s
Various – Racer Radio 1
Various – Nothing Says “I Love You” Like Punk Rock!
Various – Warped Tour Presents Punk O Rama Vol 2.1

Some Things Can’t Be Ignored: “The Timmys” (1999)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield historic music blog Some Things Can’t Be Ignored have made a new update featuring a very rare and classic Springfield punk release- The Timmys‘ 1999 self-titled CD. This would have been released when The Timmys were only a couple of years old as a band. From Some Things Can’t Be Ignored:

Alright, folks…what we’ve got here is the FIRST full-length record ever released by Springfield’s second longest running punk band, the Timmys!! This was recorded over quite a few months at Studio Media in Evanston, IL in 1999 and self-released by the fellas shortly thereafter. Not many of these CDs were made as far as I can remember. As soon as I managed to get to the next Timmys show after this came out, there weren’t any to be had. A short run of home-burned copies were made, sold at shows and given out to friends and family, and that was about it, I think. So…it’s pretty obvious that I’m SUPER excited about letting this local gem see the light of day again!!

Check out the full post right here, where you can download the album right here. The Timmys of course are still an active band, and they will be playing this year’s Hobgoblinspookadelic at Donnie’s Homespun.