New Dumb Fest Music: The Valenteens, Rüz, Black Panties, Gas Rag

Posted on May 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Dumb Fest 2 is only two weeks away!! Where did the time go!? Since we are so close to Dumb Fest, we thought we would take the time today to highlight some of the bands playing who have recently released new material. You can find four different players below with brand new music from different bands playing Dumb Fest this year. First off is a new 7″ called Fun In The Sun by Chicago pop punk band The Valenteens. You can even pick that one up at Dumb Records. Up next is a little sneak preview along with a cool video for the new Black Panties flexi. You can also find a few copies of that flexi at Dumb Records. Then we have a player for the new Rüz flexi. Those were at Dumb Records, but are now sold out (sorry). Last but not least is the new 12″ from Chicago hardcore monster, Gas Rag. Get ready to break stuff.

Dumb Fest 2 of course is happening on Friday and Saturday June 13th and 14th at Black Sheep, Dumb Records, and Skank Skates. You can find the full lineup on our Dumb Fest 2 page or on the Dumb Fest facebook event.

GET YOUR DUMB FEST 2 TICKETS RIGHT HERE.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: King Worm

Posted on May 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today on The Black Sheep Radio Show we have some very special and wormy guests. That is a new Springfield punk band called King Worm. You probably don’t know much about King Worm since their very first show is on Saturday at Black Sheep. Maybe if you listen to today’s episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show you will learn a thing or two about the band and decide to come to the show Saturday.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can also stream the show live online at wqna.org. Also be sure to check out our radio page for a long list of downloadable episodes from the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep + Skanks Skates: Masked Intruder, Jason Todd Reunion

Posted on May 30, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight in South Town is our BIG summer kickoff and double slammer. There are TWO huge shows going on in South Town tonight- one at Black Sheep and one at Skank Skates. Let’s talk about the Black Sheep show first. Tonight at Black Sheep Jason Todd will be reuniting for a very special show. They were a metalcore band around from ’09-’11 and if you didn’t see ’em then this might be your only chance. Playing with Jason Todd is other Springfield/St. Louis powerhouse Battalion. Then we have Heavy Arms also from St. Louis, who played Dumb Fest 1 last year. Aside from those three, there will be a performance by post-hardcore band Loses The Mighty. Things will open up with a performance by acoustic and Battalion-related act Good Times. That show is starting at 6:00 pm and admission is $7. Find a facebook event for that one right here.

Let’s move over next door to Skank Skates and see what is happening over there! Over at Skanks we have a show starting at 7:00 pm and this one is going to cost $10. Why? Because we have big time Fat Wreck Chords band Masked Intruder on the bill! We are very excited to have them play in our town for this show. Stream some of their music below. Also on this show and just back from tour is Springfield pop punk band Hospital Job. Then we have long running punk band The Timmys to complete this short and sweet three-band punk show on the ramp. Find a facebook event for that one right here.

Sounds like a blast! Don’t forget that Dumb Records will also be open from 3:00 to 9:00 pm tonight so stop by and check out the store. Also head over to our shows page to look at all of the great things we have lined up for this summer.

Kowabunga! Kid, Carbonleak Added To Dumb Fest, Other Updates

Posted on May 29, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

With Dumb Fest 2 nearly two weeks away, we are bringing you a few small changes to the festival today and also a new addition. First of all, we are sad to announce that Times Beach from St. Louis will no longer be playing day 2 of Dumb Fest 2. Taking their spot on day 2 of Dumb Fest will be North Western Indiana post-punk band Carbonleak. Another slight inconvenience is that Chicago/Champaign project Easter is having to move from day 1 of Dumb Fest to day 2. To make up for all of this, Champaign fuzz punk band Kowabunga! Kid will be playing day 1 of Dumb Fest in place of Easter. You can check out some of Kowabunga! Kid’s tunes below.

DUMB FEST 2 TICKETS HERE

Dumb Fest 2 is taking place on Friday, June 13th and Saturday, June 14th. You can still purchase 2-day passes for $10 per day or single day passes for $12 a day online right here, or anytime during store hours at Dumb Records. You can find the full updated lineup for Dumb Fest 2 on our Dumb Fest page or also on the facebook event right here.

Dumb Records Summer Hours, Big Summer Kickoff Sale

Posted on May 28, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Wow, that’s right. There are some big changes happening at local South Town record store Dumb Records right about now. As you might be able to tell in the picture above, Dumb Records recently got a bunch of nice fancy new record shelves thanks to Black Sheep confident dad Miles Fowler. There are also a number of new arrivals in this week.

Today we are announcing new summer hours for Dumb Records. The store will now be open on Sundays from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. Okay? So here are Dumb Records’s new summer hours:

Sundays from 11am – 8pm
Tuesdays from 3pm – 8pm
Fridays from 3pm – 9pm
Saturdays from 10am – 9pm
During Shows from 6pm – 9pm

Okay? Does that sound good? Now you have no excuse to come in and hang out at our new record store. To make sure you have even less of an excuse not to come in, we are kicking off our new hours and this summer with a big SUMMER KICKOFF SALE!! The sale is happening this Sunday, June 1st. For this one day you can get 10% off all new items and 25% all used items in the store. That’s a deal. See you at Dumb!

New Band Pages: Abyss

Posted on May 27, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are back at ya with a new band page. This one is for the heavy rock band Abyss. You can check out that new page right here. There you can read more about the band and find links to their sites and all of that fun stuff. Abyss does not have any shows lined up but you can keep an eye out for those in the near future.

Springfield has been recently exploding with new bands every minute. We have a hard time keeping up with every band, but you can see the current bands we have band pages for right here. If you play in a Springfield band that we do not yet have covered we would love to hear from you. Shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on May 27, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s been a few weeks since we told you about all of the great new records coming in to Dumb Records, located at 1107 South Grand Avenue right next to Black Sheep. This week there are a LOT of new and great arrivals that have came in. You can check out that list below. Dumb Records will be open today from 3:00 to 8:00 pm. They will also be open on Friday from 3:00 to 9:00 pm and Saturday from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm. Support your local record store or something!

New LPs
American Thunder Band – Neigher Here Nor Thayer
Andrew Jackson Jihad – Christmas Island
Angry Samoans – Inside My Brain
Big Boys – Fun, Fun, Fun…
Big Freeda – Azz Everywhere
Breakdown – Runnin’ Scared
Cloud Mouth – That Ghost Is Always With Me
Ego Summit – The Room Isn’t Big Enough
Kansas Bible Company – Hotel Chicamauga
Less Than Jake – See The Light
Merchandise/Destruction Unit/Milk Music – Split
OFF! – Wasted Years
Streetlight Manifesto – Everything Goes Numb
Warren Franklin – Your Heart Belongs To The Midwest
Zyanose – Noise Philia

Used LPs
Ink Spots – The Best Of The Ink Spots
The Knack – Get The Knack
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes

10”
Brave Bird – T-Minus Grand Gesture
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estates) – When The Sea Became A Giant
Reptilian – Full Health

7”
Back To Back – Narcissist
The Great Albatross – Roots
Joie de Vivre/Prawn – Split

Cassettes
Doomsayer – Demo
Earth Witch – Earthbound
RVINS – Collection

July 12th at Black Sheep: Battle of the Bands 2014

Posted on May 25, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Remember last summer when we had our first Black Sheep Battle of the Bands in a while and it was a blast? (There was one in the very early years of Black Sheep but times were very different back then). Today we are announcing our Black Sheep Battle of the Bands “2.5” or 2014! It will be happening this year on Saturday, July 12th. We need your help in hunting down bands for this! If you are young and play in a band that has not played Black Sheep a whole lot, we need you! If you are in a high school or middle school band, talk to us! If you are neither of those things, we still might be interested in having your band on the roster for the Battle of the Bands this year. Here are some of the criteria we are looking for in bands:

– bands that have high school, middle school, or even college-aged members.
– bands that have not yet played Black Sheep, or have only played once or twice.
– new bands that have formed within the last year

If you are in a band that falls into any of those criteria and are from Springfield or the surrounding areas, we would like to hear from you! Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will talk with you more about Battle of the Bands details. Of course this year there will also be big prizes for two selected winners for the Battle of the Bands. One winner will receive a spot on Black Sheep Fest 2014, and another will receive a few songs recorded for free in South Town Studio.

Tonight at VFW 2211 Old Jacksonville Rd: Asylum Reunion

Posted on May 24, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight there will be no shows at Black Sheep. We are holding off on a show this Saturday night in honor of one of Springfield’s older music venues, The Asylum. The Asylum will be having a reunion of sorts at the VFW hall on 2211 Old Jacksonville Road tonight. With this reunion will be a show featuring Springfield punk band The Timmys and there will be a reunion for old Springfield punk band The Gunga Dins. Feel free to come out and enjoy the show even if you never got the chance to make it out to The Asylum in the 1990s. We can all rock together. For more information on the reunion show go here.

Activities will begin at 3:00 pm and the show will kick off at 7:00 pm. Admission for this is $5, and any extra money raised will go to the St. Jude Children Hospital. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Check out more Springfield shows outside of Black Sheep on our Springfield shows page.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Roger Smith (Asylum Reunion)

Posted on May 23, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Today on The Black Sheep Radio show we will be blasting back in time and talking to Roger Smith about the upcoming Asylum Reunion show. The Asylum was a Springfield venue and coffeehouse around for a few years during the late 1990s. Roger Smith is one of the organizers for the Asylum reunion show which is happening tomorrow at VFW Post #755. As a part of the reunion Springfield bands The Timmys and The Gunga Dins will be performing. For more information on that you can head over to a facebook event right here.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream the show online at wqna.org. Also check out our radio page where you can find an archive of downloadable episodes of the past.