March 12th at Black Sheep: Runaway Brother, The Ground Is Lava, Slam Dinner, Looming

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Our March show announcements keep coming in. It is looking like March is going to be full of great shows at Black Sheep and this one on Wednesday, March 12th is no exception. We have the band Runaway Brother coming from Cleveland Ohio. They are pictured above and you can find some of their music streaming below. Runaway Brother will be on tour with The Ground Is Lava, who are also from Ohio. They play emo-type music. This show will also feature a new Champaign band called Slam Dinner. We have been told that this band features one member of Springfield mysterious punk band Soap Scum. Also on this show will be Springfield all-star pop rockers that you know and love, Looming!

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Take a look at the hundreds of other shows coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Mike Tirehaus

1613983_10201527447130398_1473028158_nToday we have another episode of Black Sheep Radio airing, and it is going to be a good one. This episode our main guest is local artist Mike Tirehaus. Mike will be talking about his newest comic “Cartoon Girlfriend” released on Rat King Records and available at Dumb Records. We will also be talking to Mike about his more music-related projects including fliers, album art, and maybe even a band that Mike is going to be involved with in some way. We also may or may not be having another surprise guest representing a new Springfield punk band going by the name “Mouthsex,” who will be playing at Black Sheep on Sunday along with Diarrhea Planet.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream the show online at the same time at wqna.org. You can also check out our radio page to find downloadable episodes of the past.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Montagh, Good Times, Old Fox Road, Devin Williams, Honey/Suck

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Welcome to Friday, we’ve got a show at Black Sheep tonight! Montagh will be playing, which is some fresh wheat midwest folk coming straight from the streets of Springfield. To continue the night we’ll have Good Times coming around again! The last time he played for us was way back in October so now is your chance to come hear these acoustic indie-movie lounge tunes. Also playing tonight will be our Santa loving friends in Old Fox Road. These fellas will definitely give us some down-home, feel-good, pop-folk songs to enjoy with some charismatic vocals to tie their whole set up, so come check them out if you didn’t get to catch them at the Radon Lounge a few months ago. To round off the evening will be Devin Williams! He’s from Florida and will have some cool reggae bluesy jams to give to us, so definitely check that out as well, holmes.

This show is TONIGHT. Here is the facebook event. Come at 7pm, bring $5 bux and do not forget to check out Dumb Records! Tonight is going to be an acoustic show and it’s cold out, so there is a good chance that this show will be getting moved to Dumb Records. Here are some other cool shows we have coming up so keep your eyes peeled for the ones that catch your fancy.

New Arrivals at Dumb Records

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This weekend will be another magical one at Dumb Records and we have plenty of new arrivals in at the store for this crazy weekend coming up packed with shows. This weekend there will be five shows in a row (Thursday-Monday). Here’s a quick recap of what’s coming up:

Thursday: Hank., Capys, Meredosia, Austin Connelly
Friday: Montagh, Good Times, Devin Williams, Old Fox Road
Saturday: Battalion, Loses The Mighty, Your Phobia, Deviant, Old Fox Road
Sunday: Diarrhea Planet, Dino Bravo, Mouthsex, RDNT
Monday: Polyphony, Kharybdis, Animus, The Science Of

Wow that’s a lot. If you want to find out more about those shows you can always check our shows page. Dumb Records will be open from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm during all of those shows and also from 10:00 pm to 8:00 pm this Friday and Saturday. In March we are switching our hours up a little bit, which you can find out about here. For those of you who do not know, Dumb Records is located at 1107 South Grand Ave, close to Black Sheep. Check out some of the new arrivals that we will have in this weekend below.

LPs
Districts/Regret, The Informer – Split
Gorilla Biscuits – Start Tocay
John Coltrane – Coltrane
King Tubby – Roots of The Dub
King Tubby – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Lee Perry – Rare Dumbs 1971-1974
Mighty Diamonds – I Need A Roof
Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
NOFX – War on Errorism
Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
Run, Forever – Settling
The Queers – Grow Up
The Skatalites – Play Ska
The Skatalites – Man About Ska-Town
Sonic Youth – Sonic Youth
Spazz – Crush Kill Destroy
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico

7″
Treehouse/Knowing We’ll Never Grow Up – Split
Regret, The Informer – Less Than Three
Run, Forever/Adventures – Split

Tonight at Black Sheep: Hank., Capys, Meredosia, Austin Connelly

1530508_744184955611399_2111991978_nTonight will be a special little Thursday night treat. We are having a show at Black Sheep and it is going to be great. We have the band Hank from Champaign/Urbana, Illinois. They are in the middle of their tour which you can view the dates for above. Hank features recent bassist Darwin who has recently been performing with Springfield band Our Lady. You can check out some of their music streaming below. Also playing this show and on tour with Hank is the three-piece band Capys also from the Champaign/Urbana areas. Those bands will be joined with local support from Springfield post-rock band Meredosia. Opening things up we have Austin Connelly (of Montagh and Wir Können) playing some acoustic tunes for us all.

The show tonight begins at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page where you can have a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep.

 

March 26th at Black Sheep: Stuck Lucky, Say Something, Muldoon’s Clever Girls, Akaname

stuckluckyflier1Ready for another great March show announcement? Here we go! On Wednesday, March 26th we will be hosting a show that will be packed with all the ska and punk that you can handle! Time to pick it up! This show will feature Stuck Lucky from Nashville, Tennessee. They play punk rock with trombone. The last time Stuck Lucky played our venue was seven years ago in 2007. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player embedded below! Also playing this show is hardcore punk madness Say Something. They will be bringing the circle pits hard. Then we have Muldoon’s Clever Girls from Iowa. They are a two piece bass+drums project that played at Black Sheep a little last minute as a part of The End Is Here Fest last year. You don’t want to miss them. To top this show off, this will be the very first performance by a brand new Springfield ska band called Akaname. You can check out their brand new hit single “Bird Girl” right here.

This show will be at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page for a look at the large number of shows we have coming up this spring.

 

Dumb Records March Hour Changes

Screen shot 2014-02-25 at 9.00.30 AMThe new Southtown record store, Dumb Records is still fairly new so its hard working and dumb owners are still trying to figure out a few kinks and tricks that will make the store the best possible record store it can be. Because of all of this, starting March 1st there will be a change in operating hours. Check out the new hours below:

Fridays from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Saturdays from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Tuesdays from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm

+ Nights there are shows at Black Sheep from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Sound good? Good. Dumb Records will no longer be open Friday mornings, but instead will be open on Tuesdays from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Tuesdays will also be days for Dumb to highlight new arrivals coming in for the week. So be sure to (starting next Tuesday) stop by Dumb after school or work and check out everything new the store has to offer! The store is still trying to make sure there are new arrivals in every week. We will also start posting the Dumb Records new arrivals on this site every Tuesday starting next week. Stay dumb.

Also if you are interested in volunteering at Dumb Records they are always looking for some extra help. Shoot them an email at dumbrecs@gmail.com.

March 20th at Black Sheep: Souls, Loses The Mighty, Kharybdis, John Wayne Knockout Punch

1604542_588394817918746_1485602624_nHere we are back again today with another March show announcement! This one is for Thursday, March 20th. We’ve got Souls from Rapid City, South Dakota coming in to play in our town. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player embedded below. Also playing this show is Central Illinois post-hardcore stars Loses The Mighty. They will also be playing at Black Sheep this Saturday night. Also on this show is new Springfield metal band Kharybdis. We recently put up a new band page for them on our site, which you can go check out right here. This show will also feature the very first show of some sort of new project called “John Wayne Knockout Punch.” We are very interested to see what that is all about, and you should be too!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission this time around is $6. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a full list of any upcoming shows at Black Sheep.

 

March 17th at Black Sheep: Remiss, Hyoshi

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On Monday, March 17th there will be a show at Black Sheep where we will be welcoming back the touring band Remiss from Cedar Falls, Iowa. Remiss played Black Sheep back in July. They play shoegaze/emo type stuff and you can check out their music streaming below. Also on this show we have Hyoshi, which is a new solo ambient project from Peoria. Right now that is all that is on the show, but be on the lookout for more announced bands later on!

This show will be at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. We have a lot of shows coming up in March! You can see them all on our Black Sheep shows page.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Run Forever, Cloakroom, Looming

1898234_765042876858940_1005428049_nTonight we are having a really good Sunday night show and you should all come out! Tonight will feature a performance by touring Springfield musicians Our Lady! This will be their first show at Black Sheep since all the way back in November. This show will also feature touring act Run, Forever from Braddock, Pennsylvania! Run, Forever have played here a number of times in the past. You can find some of their music streaming on the player below. Also on this show we have the shoegaze project from North West Indiana, Cloakroom. To top that all off the show will be opened up by Springfield fun indie rock band Looming.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our Black Sheep shows page for a complete look at everything that is coming up at Black Sheep this year.