October 31st at Dumb Records: Foam Fangers, Holy Pinto, Blushe, Marble Teeth, Sadface Killer

Posted on October 7, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Some of you might have been wondering if we are taking part in doing a Halloween show this year. YES, this year we present “The Dumb Records Halloween Special” on Thursday, October 31st. Halloween is on a Thursday night this year. We have a full lineup of bands. 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.

October 26th at Dumb Records: Kate Laine, Emily Hough, HECK, Reggie & The Demons

Posted on October 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

There are a bunch of shows coming up this fall that we have to tell you about. This one is happening in 20 days on Saturday, October 26th and features a slew or solo acoustic acts. Yes. At the top of the bill is the return of Kate Laine! We have not seen Kate in a minute! Stream some of her music on the player below. We also have Petersburg, IL based younger up and coming artist Emily Hough, as was featured on NBC’s “The Voice!” (She’s really really good). Also the return of HECK from Bloomington, Illinois, aka Hannah Songer. Opening things up looks like is Reggie & The Demons, aka our buddy Niko.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is just $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to take a look at everything coming up at our space this fall!

Today On The Dumb Records Radio Show: Josh Flanders (Buzz Bomb Brewing Co.)

Posted on October 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s Friday, so that means yet another episode of The Dumb Records Radio Show is going on air at 4:00 pm! Who do we have behind the magic door this time? Looks like it’s Josh Flanders, representing our neighboring business Buzz Bomb Brewing Company! Buzz Bomb has been throwing shows over at their location on Adams Street for the past couple of years and they are gearing up for a big “Oktoberfest” this weekend, which will be outdoors and feature heavy hitting punk band NIL8, and also rockabilly act Twistin’ Tarantulas from the Detroit area. We will be talking to Josh about the festival coming up as well as anything else that’s been going on over at Buzz Bomb!

The Dumb Records Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA FM. You can also listen online at the same time at wqnaradio.org. Also check out our Mixcloud page where we’ve got all recent episodes recorded and streaming for free online!

Tonight at Dumb Records: Greenhouse Opera, Idle Oath, Skyler Duncan

Posted on October 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Happy fall, everybody. It’s fall outside. And October, and this is our first show in October happening tonight!! It’s an indie-rocker of sorts. First off, we had the opening act drop off, so we only have three acts lined up for tonight. Things will likely start at 7:20pm on the dot because of this change. So now starting things is going to be Skyler Duncan – the mythical / legendary futuristic prog-rock ambient trio that’s been making some sort of splash in town? Headlining the bill is Greenhouse Opera – the new full band project of Dexter Anodyne, who has played at our space plenty of times. And right in the middle there we have a newer local duo called Idle Oath that we are excited about! Stream their music on the player below!

This show starts at 7:20 pm now, and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page to check out what else is lined up at our place in the near future!

October 17th at Dumb Records: Black Box, Night Witch, Foam Fangers, Grinn

Posted on October 3, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Hear-ye, hear-ye. We’ve got a show happening coming up on Thursday, October 17th at our space. It’s another punk show. For this one we have the band Night Witch coming all the way from Tallahassee, Florida. Night Witch features a guy who presses small runs of records and *little fun fact* pressed the Eggman limited flex. He also played at Dumb Records like five years ago and at Black Sheep in another band like 10 years ago. His name is Tyler by the way. Stream some of Night Witch’s music on the player below. Speaking of Eggman, a newer Springfield band features members of Eggman called “Black Box” is playing. Who else is playing? Foam Fangers. Who is opening this show? GRINN.

This show starts at 7:00 and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also of course check out our shows page for a look at what else we’ve got coming up this fall.

“Oktoberfest” This Saturday (October 5th) Outside of Buzz Bomb Brewing Co.

Posted on October 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

We know that after a successful outdoor free outdoor concert, you are all thirsty for more, thirsty to keep on supporting live music in this city so we can maintain our new “Springfield Rock City” worldwide status. Well you are in luck, this Saturday, October 5th, Buzz Bomb Brewing Co. just one street over from us is putting on “Oktoberfest” outside. From our understanding, there will be a big outdoor tent set up just like they did for Buzzfest back in March. This is also supposed to be going on all day from 2:00 pm until 1:00 am way late at night. As far as we can tell there are no age constraints to see the bands play outside, and the event is maybe $16 based on the facebook event. Who’s playing?? Headlining this big one is Twistin’ Tarantulas from Detroit! Pistol Pete who more recently moved to Springfield plays upright bass and sings for the band, check out our radio interview we recently did with Pete. Also of course, big heavy hitting local act NIL8 will be going on before Twistin’ Tarantulas take the stage. According to the facebook event, NIL8 go on at 7:45 and Tarantulas are at 9:30 pm. There is also a Chicago based band called “North By North” playing. You can check out their music streaming on the player below. And earlier on is the Bolzen Beer Band playing some sort of traditional… beer music and there’s a… Hammerschlagen Tournament???

Check out the full facebook event with schedule for this one right here. Buzz Bomb is right over on Adams Street – 406 E Adams right through the alley from us.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on October 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Good morning! It’s a Wednesday and the middle of the week, and it’s time for us to get back on track with being a record store full time, enough of these gigantic awesome shows happening in this city! This week we have a stack of used LPs, 12″ singles, and brand new CDs as we have usually been getting in. The only show we have this weekend lined up is on Friday night. Let’s take a look at this week’s schedule and then dive into what’s new. Oh by the way, our store is on 418 E Monroe Street downtown and is open 10:00 am – 8:00 pm every day.

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

Used LPs
Abbey Road ’78 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Antonio Vivaldi – Five Violin Concerti
Barry Manilow – Live
Billy Boy Arnold – Ten Million Dollars
B.J. Thomas – Miracle
B.J. Thomas – For The Best
Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
Carman – Comin’ On Strong
Chris Christian – Just Sit Back
Counterparts – The Current Will Carry Us
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
Dave Dudley – On The Road
David Sanborn – As We Speak
Dizzy Gillespie / Stan Getz – Diz And Getz
Donna Summer – She Works Hard For The Money
Donna Summer – The Wanderer
Elvis Presley – Pure Gold
Elvis Presley – He Touched Me
Frank Sinatra / Dean Martin / Bing Crosby – Robin And The 7 Hoods
Frankie Yankovic – Plays Everyone’s Favorites
Godspell – Original Australian Cast Album
Head East – Flat As A Pancake
The J. Geils Band – Bloodshot
Jackson Five – Lookin’ Through The Windows
Jesse Winchester – Learn To Love It
John Lee Hooker – Hooked On The Blues
Johni Eareckson – Joni’s Song
JTQ With Noel McKoy – Hope & Pray
Kim Carnes – Mistaken Identity
K-Tel Records – Circuit Breaker
Locust – Locust
Neil Sedaka – The Hungry Years
The Ohio Players – The Ohio Players
Pee Wee Russell – Plays Pee Wee
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Down To Earth
The Rascals – Time Peace: The Rascals’ Greatest Hits
Rod Stewart – Blondes Have More Fun
Rouse-Watkins Jazz Modes – Jazzville ‘56
The Royalettes – The Elegant Sounds Of The Royalettes
Shalamar – Friends
Skitch Henderson – Sketches By Skitch
Syl Johnson – Ms. Fine Brown Fame / Keep On Loving
The Temptations – The Temptations Show
Tom T. Hall – Songs Of Fox Hollow
Various – Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea
Various – The History Of Jazz Vol. 4 – Enter The Cool
Various – I Like Jazz!
Various – The Soul Of Jazz: Percussion
Various – The Sound Of Jazz
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
10 C.C. – How Dare You!

12” Singles
Dead Prez – I’m A African / The Pistol
LFO – Love Is The Message / Tan Ta Ra
Method Man – The Show / Rodeo
Too $hort – The Ghetto
Trick Daddy – Walking Like A
Troow Hustlaz – Why Hate?
Wayne Smith – Under Mi Sleng Teng

New CDs
Aubrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady
A Badly Drawn Boy – About A Boy
Barbra Streisand – Guilty Pleasures
Bob Cobert – Herman Wouk’s War and Rememberance
Carly Simon – Boys In The Trees
Carly Simon – Torch
Carpenters – Interpretations
Coco Montoya – Suspicion
Doc Powell – Life Changes
Howlin’ Wolf – His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
Howlin’ Wolf – His Best, Vol. 2
Jimmy Smith – Jimmy Smith’s Finest Hour
Joan Baez – From Every Stage
Joan Baez – Greatest Hits
John Lee Hooker – Is He The World’s Greatest Blues Singer
John Williams – Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
Johnny Winter – Hey, Where’s Your Brother?
Johnny Winter Group – Live
Judy Collins – Wildflowers
Judy Collins – Whales & Nightingales
Keb’ Mo’ – Keb’ Mo’
Keb’ Mo’ – Martin Sorsese Presents The Blues
Lee Ritenour – Rit’s House
Lonnie Smith – Move Your Hand
Marcus Roberts Trio – Time And Circumstance
Meredith Willson – Music Man
Mike Phillips – You Have Reached Mike Phillips
Muddy Waters – Electric Mud
Muddy Waters – The Millennium Collection
Natural High – Pacific
Richard Smith – First Kiss
Robert John – Greatest Hits
Rodgers And Hammerstein – Oklahoma!
Snot – Get Some
Steve Smith & Vital Information – Vitalive!
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Strung Out – Tisted By Design
The Suicide Machines – Destruction By Definition
The Suicide Machines – The Suicide Machines
Taproot – Welcome
Travis – The Man Who
Treble Charger – Wide Awake Bored
Various – More Save The Last Dance
Various – Preservation Jazz
Various – Rush Hour 2 Soundtrack

Thank You To All Who Helped Make Last Night Possible!

Posted on October 1, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Last night, true Springfield rock and roll history was made!! If you were among the hundreds in attendance last night, then you could probably feel just how magical it was. We feel the need to once again thank everyone who helped make last night possible – of course thank you Shonen Knife and The Hooten Hallers for coming and playing! Thank you Slingshot Dakota and coming and playing an aftershow in our own space as well! Thank you Jason Perry for being the one to originally get in touch with Shonen Knife about playing here in the first place, we can not take credit for getting the band! Thank you of course to Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s for being the best Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s in the world, and to this tweet from Sean Neumann for going completely viral yesterday. And of course thank you to all of the sponsors that were willing to chip in to help us meet the funding we needed to make the concert possible and for free to the whole community! Those are:

Nightshop
Grab-a-Java, Inc.
Activator Magazine
Hardee’s
Buzz Bomb Brewing Company
Copper Pot Cooking Studio
Dumb Records
The Real 217 Prublems
ColorDerm Permanent MakeUP
Good Heart Tattoos
The Radon Lounge
Rail Splitter CrossFit
Redbird Electric Tattooing

And of course thank you all for coming out, that was by far the biggest turnout event on a Monday night in Springfield we have ever seen!!

Tonight at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s: Shonen Knife, The Hooten Hallers + Aftershow tonight at Dumb Records: Slingshot Dakota, The Telephone Junkies

Posted on September 30, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight is THE night!! There are four bands playing tonight between a big main show and big aftershow at what is certainly a once in a lifetime chance to see Shonen Knife from Japan play for free right here in Springfield. That’s right if you haven’t heard by now we don’t know what, but Shonen Knife from Japan, formed in 1981, is playing at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s. They are on their 22nd full length album, “Sweet Candy Power” and on a big U.S. tour! Stream one of their earlier albums below. They are coming through with The Hooten Hallers playing some rockabilly from Missouri. That show starts at 6:00 pm at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s (2501 Stevenson Drive), and it’s FREE. Car pooling or finding elsewhere other than the main Hardee’s lot is encouraged. Find a facebook event for that one right here.

THEN, after that there is a big aftershow over at Dumb Records. That one features big Top Shelf Records touring duo Slingshot Dakota from western Pennsylvania somewhere. The Telephone Junkies will be kicking things off for that one, we are shooting to start things at 9:00 or so, or whenever makes sense from whenever Shonen Knife will be finishing their set. Find a facebook event for that one right here. That show is $8 admission.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Starstuff, Reggie & The Demons, Layers, Vertrell Yates

Posted on September 29, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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There’s so much going on this weekend that we almost forgot that we do have an all local show lined up at Bread tonight. This one is going to be neat! A couple of the acts are hot off the open mic nights and straight onto this real deal show. Okay, so at the top of the bill is Starstuff – a fairly new local rock act that had played Black Sheep at one point towards the end of things. We don’t think they have anything online. There is also “Layers” – the poetry music fused duo and sometimes solo act. Come and eat it up with your ears. Reggie & The Demons is playing… who most of us know as “Niko”, this is the name of his new solo project that performed at our last open mic. Then opening things we have the bass / poetry fusion act Vetrell Yates, also playing his first real deal show at our space.

All of this 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 shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at the near future.