Tonight at Dumb Records: Outcast, Prevention, Polterguts, Black Box

Posted on November 8, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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We are kicking off the weekend tonight at the Bread! Tonight we’ve got a hardcore show going on at our space. It features the return of Outcast from Kentucky (and no, it’s not the Outkast you are thinking of, ha ha). Outcast played at Black Sheep a year or so back. Check out their music streaming on the player below. Yes, we also have Springfield straight edge youth crew band Prevention on the lineup. Any fans of metal out there or metalcore? Good, because we have the band “Polterguts” from St. Louis as well. Opening things up is the new wild, fast, AND crazy band, Black Box.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up in the near future at our space.

December 7th at Dumb Records: Best Sleep, Bottom Bracket, Us, Zach Goriszewski

Posted on November 7, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Greetings! Here is a show happening here in exactly one month for us to tell you about today. This is happening on Saturday, December 7th. We have the band “Best Sleep” returning from Indiana. Best Sleep last played… actually right here at Dumb Records back in June. The first touring band to come back to our new space a second time around?? Stream some of their music on the player below. We also have Bottom Bracket, we hear this time around with a brand new lineup?? Also on this show is a newer Central Illinois group called “Us” (wasn’t there a movie of that same title recently out)? Up before that is “Layers” – the spoken word / musical duo featuring members of Good Heart Tattoos right next door to us. Opening things up is Zach Goriszewski formerly of the band Kickstart.

This show is another 7:00 pm, $7 show. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what’s coming up at the Bread Dumb Records Theatre.

Satisfy: “Take A Deep Dive Into What I Go Through”

Posted on November 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Here we are coming to you today once again with yet some more brand new local music!! This time it’s a full album from hip hop act “Satisfy“, going to be performing at Dumb Records for the first time this upcoming Saturday, November 9th. Satisfy’s new album is called Take A Deep Dive Into What I Go Through, and we have some of it streaming on the youtube player embedded below. Find links to what other platforms the album is streaming on through Satisfy’s website right here.

You bet that we’ve got this album now listed on our Springfield album archive page! We are coming up on the end of another year, so we will be getting ready for a year end poll not before long. The show at Dumb Records on Saturday night starts at 7:00 pm and also features Mac Xavier, Spiff The Kid, and more acts. Satisfy and those acts are also playing this Friday night (November 8th) at The Incubator downtown.

The Telephone Junkies: ” Courage Does Not Exist in This Dojo, Does It?”

Posted on November 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Central Illinois group The Telephone Junkies have released a brand new hit single. The song title is too long. It is called “Courage Does Not Exist in This Dojo, Does It?.” You can find the song streaming on the player below. We can’t figure out if that is a picture of the Lauterbach Man, but we don’t think it is. Purchase the song to download on their bandcamp page. This song might possibly be on an upcoming album The Telephone Junkies have been working on.

The Telephone Junkies don’t have any shows lined up in Springfield currently as far as we can tell, however they are playing one on November 16th at the “Cooperative” according to their bandcamp page.

December 5th at CFP: Jack M. Senff, Mario Cannamela, Emily Hough, Reggie & The Demons, Chance Knight

Posted on November 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

The CFP had a show at their house last night (sorry, we’ve been behind on posting, otherwise we would have done a “show tonight…” post for it). Whoops! We are however ready to tell you about the next one that the big basement house venue has lined up. It’s happening exactly one month from today on Thursday, December 5th. Something about vegans and hot chocolates and snacks and two dollars. There are also musical acts. This includes touring act Jack M. Senff from Michigan. Check out Jack’s music on the player below. We’ve also got… Mario Cannamela of the band Bottom Bracket. Mario’s bedroom is upstairs at the end of the hall. Emily Hough is also playing, the 17 year old singer/songwriter from Petersburg who has been doing big things and putting out great tunes. Also Reggie & The Demons! (Who is Niko). Opening things up or something is Chance Knight doing some spoken word / poetry.

This show is at the CFP, if you don’t know where it is you’re gonna haft to ask somebody, sorry. It starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our Springfield shows page to look at a small list of shows going on in Springfield outside of our own space.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on November 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Happy Tornado Drill Tuesday, everyone. It’s our favorite day of the month, and we definitely are not lacking this time around in some great used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs that have been coming into the store. We are located at 418 E Monroe Street downtown and are open every day from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Come visit us! Let’s take a look at what’s new in the store this week, and what our hours are looking like with some shows we’ve got coming up!

Tuesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday (show): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Aeolean Pipe Organ – Christmas Spectacular
Allan Sherman – My Son, The Celebrity
Art Garfunkel – Break Away
Baroness – Blue Record
The Beach Boys – L.A. (Light Album)
Bee Gees – Best Of The Bee Gees
Bob Cull & Friends – Remember…
Burl Ives – Burl Ives Sings
The Black Scorpio Underground – Necrochasm
Cal Smith – Country Bumpkin
The Call – Into The Woods
The Cars – Panorama
Chet Atkins – My Favorite Guitars
Clouddead – Clouddead
Crystal Gayle – Classic Crystal
Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
Eddy Arnold – That’s How Much I Love You
Eddy Arnold – Turn The World Around
Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record
Gene Watson – The Best of Gene Watson
Goodthunder – Goodthunder
Hanson – Now Hear This
Health – Get Color
Herbie Hancock – Lite Me Up
The Ink Spots – In The Spotlite!
The Ink Spots – The Sensational Ink Spots
Institute – Institute
The Irish Rovers – The Unicorn
Jana Jae – Symphony Pops
Jesse Crawford – Sweet And Low
Lacy J. Dalton – Lacy J. Dalton
Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam – Spanish Fly
Mahalia Jackson – The Power And The Glory
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
Moe Bandy – Cowboys Ain’t Supposed To Cry
Motels – Motels
Nat King Cole – When You’re Smiling
Nelson Riddle – Witchcraft
Nelson Riddle – Let’s Face The Music And Dance
Peaches & Herb – 2 Hot!
The Platters – Going Back To Detroit
R.E.M. – Murmur
Robbie Robertson – How To Become Clairvoyant
Roxy Music – Roxy Music
Savoy Brown – Looking In
The Searchers – This Is Us
Sesame Street – Book & Record
Sleep – The Clarity
Spinners – Happiness Is Being With The Spinners
Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour
Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal Tendencies
Survivor – Premonition
Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing
Tony Orlando & Dawn – To Be With You
Various – The Best Of The Oldies Vol. III
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
The Yardbirds – For Your Love

12” Singles
Big Mike – Creepin’ Rollin’
Ice Cube – We Be Clubbin’
Ghetto Twiinz – No Pain No Gain
Thrillville – Neva Eva

New CDs
Barry Manilow – Paradise Cafe
Barry Manilow – Swing Street
Bing Crosby – The Great Years
Bing Crosby – Top O The Morning: His Irish Collection
Burt Bacharach – The Burt Bacharach Songbook
Carole King – Music
Carole King – Colour Of Your Dreams
Cher – Favorites
Cher – It’s A Man’s World
David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
David Bowie – Tonight
De-Lovely – Music From The Motion Picture
Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage
Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (‘)
Franz Schubert – The Best of Schubert
Fred Astaire – The Irving Berlin Songbook
Harry Connick Jr. – Other Hours
Harry Connick Jr. – 30
Jethro Tull – Nightcap
Joan Baez – Live At Newport
Joan Baez – In Concert Part 2
Johnny Mathis And Henry Mancini – The Hollywood Musicals
Johnny Mathis – How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
Joni Mitchell – Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm
Joni Mitchell – Mingus
Leonard Bernstein – Richard Strauss: The Royal Edition
Linda Ronstadt – Simple Dreams
Linda Ronstadt & Nelson Riddle – What’s New
Nancy Sinatra – Lightning’s Girl
Neil Diamond – Love At The Greek
Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Nocturama
Richard Strauss – Panorama
Robert Goulet – 16 Most Requested Songs
Santana – Ceremony: Remixes & Rarities
Schumann / Grieg – Piano Concertos
The Smothers Brothers – The Best Of: Sibling Revelry
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe

Springfield In Running For Second Levitt AMP Grant

Posted on November 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Yes, you heard that correctly! You know that getting to have free outdoor concerts every Thursday night downtown on the Y-Block was a cool thing, even if you didn’t attend them all, so why not vote to make it happen again for our city?? This time our city is once again in the running for another $25,000 grant to bring free live music downtown this summer. Let’s vote!

Go register on the Levitt site and then vote for Springfield right here!

Springfield’s page on the Levitt site has a description that is more in-depth on how the grant next time around could potentially be used, and also how things went for us this past summer. Here is a piece from that:

No one was using this block before the first year of Levitt AMP. Now people see the possibilities. Yet the block is still in its infancy, as it does not yet have full infrastructure required to become a community gathering site. The city laid AstroTurf and a concrete pad for our first year as a necessary improvement over the dirt and weeds. Success after a second-year grant would include a long-term funding plan and RFP for design that can pass muster with all of our elected officials, from alderman to Governor.

The page on the Levitt site also currently shows that we are 7th place! (The top 25 cities make it on to the next round where the Levitt Foundation selects final recipients).

Dumb Records Halloween Special Tonight: Foam Fangers, Holy Pinto, Blushe, Marble Teeth, Sadface Killer

Posted on October 31, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Happy Halloween and first day of winter all at once!! Nobody told us that it was supposed to blizzard today! Looks like we will be celebrating Halloween tonight and then going sledding directly after. Tonight we do have a full lineup of bands at our space, despite the weather. At the top of the bill is punky punk act Foam Fangers from right here from our city’s very own dumpsters. Ah yes, and we have Holy Pinto! A band featuring at least one member from the United Kingdom. Stream their music on the player below. Also playing is… Blushe! And before that we’ve got the solo project based out of Decatur, Marble Teeth. Spooky! Opening things up is the absolutely terrifying, the completely ghoulish act from here and Peoria, Sadface Killer!

You can find a facebook event for this big Halloween show right here. It starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $8. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what’s going on at Dumb Records into the future.

November 25th at Dumb Records: Livid, Arachnid, Final Order, Gargantuan

Posted on October 30, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s cold outside, and that means it’s going to keep getting colder outside, and now it’s time for us to announce more shows that are going to happen when it’s cold outside. This one is going to happen on Monday, November 25th. It features LIVID from Kenosha, Wisconsin making a return to Springfield and playing at our new space for the first time! We welcome them here again. Arachnid is the other touring band on the bill and they are from Fargo, North Dakota. You can stream some of Arachnid’s music on the player below. Both of these will be joined by locals including hardcore group Final Order. Opening things up is the first ever performance of the dark and mysterious brand new Springfield lack metal project called Gargantuan!!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will cost $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up this fall / winter at our space.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on October 30, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

We are right in the middle of the week, and boy what a cold and dreary time it has been in our store this past week! Things have been pretty dead for us due to this weather, come on by and liven things up if you are up for it! This week once again we have piles of used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs going out on the shelves. We are located at 418 E Monroe Street and are open every day from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Tomorrow of course is Halloween, and yes we will be open all day including later on for our big Halloween Special. Let’s take a look at all what is lined up and then dive into what’s new!

Wednesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday (Halloween / show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Andre Kostelanetz – Today’s Golden Hits
The Astronauts – Astronauts Orbit Kampus
Babe Ruth – Babe Ruth
Barbra Streisand – Songbird
The Beach Boys – Sunflower
The Beach Boys – 15 Big Ones
Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
Chilliwack – Chilliwack
Clyde McCoy – Sugar Blues
Crystal Gayle – Somebody Loves You
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
Dolly Parton – Greatest Hits
Elvis Presley – Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite
The Flirts – 10¢ A Dance
Flo & Eddie – Flo & Eddie
Foreigner – Foreigner
Frank Sinatra – A Man And His Music
George Russell And His Orchestra – New York, N.Y.
Howlin’ Wolf – Heart Like Railroad Steel
Ike & Tina Turner – Come Together
Jack Jones – Wives And Lovers
Jack Jones – This Love Of Mine
Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley P.T.A.
Jerry Jeff Walker – Ridin’ High
Jerry Riopelle – Juicy Talk
Jimmy Buffett – Living And Dying In 3/4 Time
Joan Baez – The Joan Baez Ballad Book
Jules And The Polar Bears – Got No Breeding
Little River Band – Sleeper Catcher
Lynn Anderson – Here’s Lynn Anderson!
Mick Ronson – Slaughter On 10th Avenue
The Patrick Hazell Band – After Hours
Patrick Hazell – Patrick Hazell
Peter Yarrow – That’s Enough For Me
REO Speedwagon – Good Trouble
Ric Ocasek – This Side Of Paradise
The Sons – The Sons
Sandy Nelson – Plays Teen Beat
The Searchers – Golden Hour Of The Searchers
Savoy Brown – Greatest Hits Live In Concert
Selah – With Clouds
Si Zentner – Music That’s Going Places
Soul Concern – Coul Concern
Steely Dan – Greatest Hits
Sylvester And The Hot Band – Bazzar
Tanya Tucker – Greatest Hits
Thelonious Monk – Plays Duke Ellington
Various – Les Plus Grands Noms Du Rock
Various – Polka’s Best
Wayne King – Golden Favorites
Wilson Pickett – In The Midnight Hour

12” Singles
Cardan – Jam On It
Disco 3 – Fat Boys
Epidemic – Magnificent
It’s Our Turn – Talkin’ That Bull
Prince Rahiem – Freaky Marie / Loose My Money
Nas – God Love Us / You Owe Me
Soft Cell – Tainted Love

New CDs
Al Stewart – Famous Last Words
Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat
Barry Manilow – One Voice
Barry Manilow – Even Now
Bing Crosby – The All Time Best of Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby – My Favorite Irish Songs
Carly Simon – The Best of Carly Simon
Carpenters – A Kind Of A Hush
Cher – Live – The Farewell Tour
Dmitry Yablonsky – Shostakovic Jazz Suites Nos. 1 and 2
Donny Osmond – The Best Of
Eugene Ormandy – Shostakovich Symphonies No. 4 & 10
Fleetwood Mac – Penguin
Frank Zappa – Them Or Us
Frank Zappa – Jazz From Hell
Harry Connick, Jr. – Eleven
Harry Connick, Jr. – She
Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses
Jethro Tull – J-Tull Dot Com
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
Jimmy Durante – Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante – As Time Goes By: The Best
Joan Baez – David’s Album
Joan Baez – In Concert Part 1
Johnny Mathis – A Time Remembered
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – That’s What Friends Are For
Judy Collins – The Very Best of Judy Collins
Julio Iglesias – From A Child To A Woman
Julio Iglesias – Moments
Keb’ Mo’ – Keep It Simple
Leonard Cohen – Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979
Leonard Cohen – More Best Of
Linda Ronstadt – Winter Light
Linda Ronstadt – Mad Love
Marcus Roberts – Blues For The New Millennium
Muddy Waters – Hard Again
Nancy Sinatra – Boots
Nancy Sinatra – You Go-Go Girl!
Neil Diamond – Lovescape
Neil Diamond – Three Chord Opera
Osmond Brothers – Greatest Hits
Pieces Of A Dream – Love’s Silhouette
The Rippingtons – Welcome To The St. James’ Club
Santana – Jam
Santana – Jingo
Sonny & Cher – The Best Of: The Beat Goes On
Spirit Of Eden – The Sun And The Moon And The Stars
Stereolab – Sound-Dust
Tangerine Dream – Mars Polaris
Tricky – Blowback