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.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Rella, Austin Connelly, Kristin Walker, Wilt Candy

Posted on May 23, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey humans, we’ve got some super fly, locally grown acoustic jams coming at us tonight in Southtown. Rella‘s Clare Frachey of JAG will be weaving webs, Austin Connelly of Swamp Rat, Montagh and Wir Konnen will be howling at the moon, Kristin Walker of Akaname and Lovecow will be trilling like windchimes, the fierce ladies of Wilt Candy will be killing demons, all done in a musical fashion! It’ll be quite the show.

Come out to Dumb Records at 7pm to experience this acoustic explosion, and bring $5 please. Here’s the facebook event. Enjoy your food.

July 19th at Black Sheep: Akaname, Looming, Wilt Candy, Ego And The Ids

Posted on May 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Bam, it’s another summer show announcement. This time it’s for a show on Saturday, July 19th just one week before Black Sheep Fest 2014. This is going to be a solid all-local four band show and it would be a shame if you missed it. For this show we have Springfield’s new ska-punk band Akaname. We also have the power indie pop rock band, Looming. Sing and skank along to those bands. Up next we have the new folk duo, Wilt Candy. Wilt Candy already has a lot of shows lined up this summer. To top off the show there will be a performance by new pop rock band Ego And The Ids. Come to the show and find out what they are all about.

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

Tonight at Black Sheep: Bass Line Bums, Carnivores At Grace, Lifer, Epsom, RDNT

Posted on May 22, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we are in for a wild and crazy ride. It’s a Thursday but the shows don’t stop here as we gear up for summer. Tonight we have Bass Line Bums coming from Austin, Texas. You can check out some of their tunes on the player below. Also on tour from Chicago is the experimental post-hardcore band Carnivores At Grace. The last time they came through was earlier this year when they played with Japanese punk band Ultra Bidé. This time Carnivores At Grace will be on tour with Lifer from Arkansas. Then we have a couple of great local Springfield bands. We have Epsom, the fun and weird rock band that will get you moving. There is also a performance by punk band RDNT so get ready to circle pit.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page where you can see everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Dan Potthast (MU330) Playing Harm House July 1st

Posted on May 21, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Wow! Today we have quite the surprise for you Springfield music fans! It looks like today that Springfield punk house the Harm House are announcing that they will be hosting a rare and special show for Dan Potthast of the popular ska-punk band MU330 on Tuesday, July 1st. For those of you who don’t know, MU330 is an old ska band from St. Louis active from 1988-2008. They used to play in Springfield in the 1990s with bands such as The Timmys and NIL8.

Dan Potthast will be playing at The Harm House as a part of his “Living Room Tour” this summer, where he will be playing a number of living rooms across the country. Also playing the show on July 1st will be Springfield experimental punk band boon, and also acoustic act Dustin Sendejas. This show will begin right at 7:30 pm and they are asking for $5-10 sliding scale at the door. If you are feeling up for it, also bring some food for a potluck. You can find a facebook event for this show soon. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a good look at some Springfield shows happening outside of Black Sheep.