Tonight at Black Sheep: JAG, Teenage Swoon, Dahling, Bad Catman, Atlas At His Finest.

Posted on August 15, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

We hope all you kids are ready for this final weekend of summer before school starts again next week. It’s going to be a great weekend of shows too- tonight is our second show in a block of four nights in a row with shows. This show features the local dream-wave punk band JAG. See them rock. Then we have a few touring acts. We have Teenage Swoon coming from Texas. Stream some of their music below. Did you know that Teenage Swoon has a release coming up on local Springfield record label Guard Records? On tour with Teenage Swoon and also from Texas is a band called Dahling. Then we have another band from Fargo, North Dakota on a completely separate tour coming through called Baltic To Boardwalk. Topping things off we have a performance by Springfield two-piece, Atlas At His Finest.

The show tonight kicks off at promptly 7:00 pm (there are six bands playing). Bring $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep and Dumb Records.

Black Sheep Roundtable And Street Team Meeting Saturday

Posted on August 13, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Fall is quickly approaching, and it is time for us to re-boot our roundtable and street team meetings at Black Sheep. A while back we started hosting roundtable meeting to talk about things we can approve upon as a venue. The meetings resulted in a lot of positive changes, including our ceiling getting worked on and a new stage. This Saturday at 2:00 pm inside Dumb Records we will being having another go at our roundtable meetings. We will be talking about Black Sheep and Dumb Records related things and then we will disperse on street team missions. If you are wanting to help us flier and promote for upcoming shows, come out!

Don’t forget that we have an entire get involved page on our site listing off plenty of ways that you can do to help in our community if you are interested.

November 5th at Black Sheep: Dowsing, Our Lady, Looming

Posted on August 13, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

The show we are announcing today may seem a long way off, but it definitely is going to be a very cool show. This one is happening on Wednesday, November 5th. It features Chicago emo/indie band Dowsing (pictured above). Members of Dowsing play in Kittyhawk who played a great show here at Black Sheep earlier this year. You can check out some of Dowsing’s music streaming below. This show also features a solid lineup of Springfield acts. We have Our Lady, who are just now getting ready for the arrivals of their new 12″ and split 7″ with Estates. Then we have Looming, who just blew away thousands of music fans at Downhome Music Festival.

This show will be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at every other show and event coming up before this show.

September 18th at Black Sheep: JAG, Secret Tombs, F///\\\M

Posted on August 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Some of you may remember a certain Springfield house show a little over one year ago when Pennsylvania Pissed-Jeans related band Blood Red came and played The Harm House. Now this year on Thursday, September 18th we have a new band featuring members of Blood Red called Secret Tombs coming to Black Sheep for a show. They play a slower and more rock influenced type music that you can stream on the player below. This show also features Springfield creep-wave band JAG. Then to top things off we get to witness a rare F///\\\M performance at this show. F///\\\M is the solo ambient project of Brandon Carnes.

This show will be at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can find a facebook event for it right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Our Lady Featured On Modern Vinyl

Posted on August 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield emo rock group Our Lady were recently featured on the music and vinyl record-focused website Modern Vinyl. The feature focuses on the band’s latest release, Dawning II, which is being put out on 12″ by record label Mind Over Matter Records. You can check out the feature story which includes a stream of the release right here.

You can still pre-order Dawning II on vinyl from Mind Over Matter Records right here.The pre-orders will ship out on August 19th. We have also been told that Dumb Records is planning on carrying a few copies of the release in store once it is out. Our Lady has a few shows lined up at Black Sheep including October 23rd with Alaska and Twin Cities, and November 5th with Looming and Dowsing.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on August 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at Dumb Records, and the store has more piles of new arrivals on the shelves. This time there is a good amount of new and used LPs. You can find that list below. Dumb Records is open today from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Let’s go over the store’s hours this week:

Tuesday (today): 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday (show): 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday (show): 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

New LPs
Early Day Miners – The Treatment
Everything, Now! – Sunshine Of Doom
Graves – Summr Bummr
John Hancock – Antenna Death
Songs:Ohia – The Magnolia Electric Co.
Namelessnumberheadman – Wire Reply
Normanoak / Poisonook Aw – Estra
Okkervil River – Mermaid
Oneida – Absolute II
Oneida – Caesar’s Column
Pattern Is Movement – Pattern Is Movement
Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper – Cantos de Lisboa
Supreme Dicks – The Unexamined Life
Suzanne Langille – The Enchanted Forest
These Are Powers – All Aboard Future
Volcano Choir – Repave
The War On Drugs – Lost In A Dream
White Hex – Gold Nights
Wilderness – (K)no(w)here
Yeasayer – Fragrant World
Yow – Tonight You Look Like A Spider

Used LPs
Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
BJ Thoman – Home Where I Belong
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears
Carpenters – Now & Then
Carpenters – Horizon
Chér – Chér
Commodores – Natural High
Greg Yates – Perfect Heart
The Guess Who – Share The Land
King Heirs – Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music
The Lettermen – I Have Dreamed
The Lettermen – Feelings
Mac Davis – I Believe In Music
The Mamas & The Papas – Cass John Michelle Dennie
Rod McKuen – Pastorale
The Moody Blues – On The Threshold of a Dream

Cassettes
Two Knights – Shut Up

Cassette Store Day at Dumb Records September 27th

Posted on August 11, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like September is shaping up to be a great month. We just announced our punk rock cookout earlier today and there is also going to be a Black Sheep anniversary show which we will be announcing soon. Today we are announcing a special event at Dumb Records in September and that is Cassette Store Day happening Saturday, September 27th. Much like Record Store Day, Cassette Store Day will feature some rare and limited releases exclusively on cassette. You can find a list of those releases right here on the Cassette Store Day site (although we can not promise that we will have every one in store). There will also be some sort of sale going on in the store during the day for non-Cassette Store Day items. Be on the lookout for more Cassette Store Day announcements soon.

Keep track of special events at Dumb Records and Black Sheep by following our shows page.

September 6th at Black Sheep: The Timmys, Bad Banshee, Minor Decline, Say Something

Posted on August 11, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

With the summer drawing to a close and the beginning of the fall, it is time for a good old fashioned “punk rock cookout.” If you remember last year, we had our first annual “punk rock cookout” in June and it was great. Now we are having it again on Saturday, September 6th. Come out, bring food, come ready to eat food, or do whatever you want! We have heard that there will be vegan and non-vegan hotdogs. On top of food and cookouts, there will be plenty of bands. This show will feature The Timmys‘ first Black Sheep appearance in a short while. We also have newer Springfield ska name-changers, Bad Banshee. Then there will be one out of town band called Minor Decline from Galesburg, Illinois. Opening things up is a rare performance by fast hardcore/punk band Say Something.

The cookout and festivities will kick off at 6:00 pm, and show will start at 7:00 pm. Bring $5. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall and summer.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Abyss, The Science Of, Full Chroma, Guitar And Drums

Posted on August 9, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Don’t forget that there is a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! It’s also our only show happening here this weekend so let’s all come out and make it a good one. Tonight the show features heavy metal act Abyss. We have been told that Abyss will be playing one of their last shows of the summer. Check out a video of them below. Also on this show is alternative rock and roll group The Science Of. They will surely be a treat. If you like rock then this is the show for you because we also have high school rockers Full Chroma. To complete the lineup we have an act playing called Guitar and Drums. Make sure to come early to find out what that is all about.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and it is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this summer/fall.

Blacksheepspringfield.com Two Years Old Today!

Posted on August 7, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today this here website that you are looking at turns two years old. We want to thank all of you who have stuck with us for that long, or have hopped on board any time during the past few years.

In the past year we have added a few new features to our site. We have welcomed Dumb Records and South Town Studio to South Town and also created separate pages for them on this site. We have added countless of more band pages (past and present) for you all to check out. Black Sheep is also nearing it’s ninth year anniversary, so keep your eyes and ears peeled for an anniversary show announcement that will be happening next month! In the meantime our next special event is the Black Sheep Band Lotto Show, which is happening in a little over a week!