September 21st at Dumb Records: Sonny & Kade, Zach Goriszewski, Amy Quin & The Manic Depressives, Emily Hough, Zach Karraker

Posted on September 7, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Look at this whopper of a show coming up in two weeks we have. On Saturday, September 21st. A little last minute 5-act pretty much all solo and mostly local show at our space, why not. Let’s take a look at what we got. At the top is actually a rap project called “Sonny & Kade” which we do not know much about. We do know there is music for right here. Next down the bill is Zach Goriszewski, former singer for the band Kickstart right here in town. In the middle is “Amy Quin & The Manic Depressives” from St. Louis. There is actually music for that one streaming on the player below, don’t pay attention to the name being “Dead Pilgrim” on that. Before that we have Emily Hough, the up and coming teen from Petersburg, Illinois that was actually a contestant on NBC’s “The Voice”! Amazing! Opening things up is yet another Zach! Zach Karraker playing some solo acoustic music.

All of that starts at 7:00 pm and it’s five acts for $5, you just can’t beat that. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at our space in the near future.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Blushe, Prowess, “So Which Band Is Your Boyfriend In?” Documentary Screening

Posted on September 7, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Tonight we have the first movie / documentary screening we are attempting to have in our new space! And we’ve got it paired up with two bands performing, for an all around well rounded event! Our friends at Activator Magazine approached us about the possibility of us doing a showing of a new documentary from the UK exploring gender in the DIY scene called “What Band Is Your Boyfriend In?“. Here is a description from the facebook page:

This documentary features the views of a range of women/gender-fluid individuals from all walks of life within the UK music scene. It looks at how and why people get involved in music, the positive and the not-so-positive experiences, and the possible ways we can change things.

The gender divide exists – there’s no doubt about it. And recently there have been an increasing number of press articles on the issue, but they only scratch the surface. So, Which Band is Your Boyfriend in? provides an in-depth account of the situation.

From the outset it was my intention to create a film which could have an impact on the awareness of equality issues in the UK music scene. I hope that this project will inspire young people to pick up an instrument, learn to record music or just get out there to see live bands perform.

Check out the trailer for the documentary on the player below. Total run time is close to an hour and a half. We also have two bands on the bill – if we had to guess how we will have it set up, we will likely have the bands go first and then the movie screening directly after. Bands performing include the incredibly talented alternative / punk group Blushe, and then the male-fronted hardcore band Prowess.

This one starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Sounds like we are doing bands first and then the movie showing. 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 we’ve got coming up.

September Issue of Activator Magazine Available At Dumb Records

Posted on September 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Oh yeah, what’s up we got a new issue of Activator Magazine in our store *available for free*. In fact, we’ve already gone through one batch of these real quick and have already been re-stocked! On this month’s cover featured is a handful of Central Illinois hip hop artists including TaQsem, T-Roni, Kid Ziggy, Pappa Luke, and Otto Sans. Ken No, columnist of Activator, and host of Hiphophumpday on 88.3 WQNA is also featured on the cover, and Ken put together the featured story recapping the current state of hip hop in the 217 area listing off a lot of the active players.

We are also excited because there is an exclusive interview with Shonen Knife from Japan, who will be playing here in Springfield at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s on September 30th. In addition to that there are album reviews, local and St. Louis show calendars, interviews with Rather Dashing, Retirement Party, Zzo, and much much more. This is the biggest issue of Activator to date!

Come pick up a copy for free at Dumb Records (we are open pretty much all day every day), or other local businesses around town.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on September 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Whoops, it’s Thursday! Our very rare day off this past Monday for Labor Day may have set us back a day or two, but right now we are comin’ at ya with some new arrivals in our store for the week… or weekend however you look at it. Here are some goodies in the form of new and used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs hitting the shelves. We just have one show lined up this weekend, and that is a documentary screening + two bands on Saturday night. Let’s take a look at the schedule and then see what’s new!

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

New LPs
Maze – LP
Natural Man – Living In A Chemical World

Used LPs
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Ace Cannon – In The Spotlight
Aerosmith – Rocks
The Beatles – White Album
Benny The Jet Rodriguez – Home Run
Buck Owens – I’ve Got You On My Mind Again
Buck Owens – I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail
Chris Rea – Chris Rea
Chris Rea – Dancing With Strangers
Chubby Checker – Your Twist Party
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Bossa Nova U.S.A.
Dave Brubeck Quartet – My Favorite Things
The Doobie Brothers – Best of the Doobies
Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage Act I
Fred Lane – From The One That Cut You
Gordon Lightfoot – Don Quixote
Heart – Bebe Le Strange
Heart – Dog & Butterfly
James Levine – Music From Ravina Vol. 1
Jefferson Airplane – Long John Silver
The Jonah Jones Quartet – Jonah Jumps Again
The Jonah Jones Quartet – Jumpin’ With A Shuffle
KISS – Alive II
K-Tel Records – Right On
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Journey Of Dreams
Lionel Richie – Lionel Richie
Living Strings – Play Music of Hawaii
Patsy Cline – Here’s Patsy Cline
Nobunny – Secret Songs
Rare Earth – In Concert
Rusty Warren – More Knockers Up
Sade – Diamond Life
Shel Silverstein – Freakin’ At The Freakers Ball
Shorty Rogers – Changes Are It Swings
Soul To Soul – Original Soundtrack
Sparks – Interior Design
Styx – Equinox
Symphonic Slam – Symphonic Slam
Telex – Neurovision
Tommy Bolin – Teaser
Various – Echoes Of The Ozarks Volume 2
Various – Motown Superstars
Various – The Great Rock Revival
Waylon Jennings – Music Man

12” Singles
Busta Rhymes / ODB – Where’s Your Money
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince – Ring My Bell
Generals – The Herbaliser
Kaos Brought – Bust Shots / West Coast
Lil’ Kim – Not TOnight / Drugs
LMNO – Hit
Offwhyte – High Fidelity
Ridic – No Apologies / Priceless
Sugar Hill Gang – The Lover In You
2 Pac – Let Em Have It / Thug N U

New CDs
Andre Previn – After Hours With Joe Pass & Ray Brown
Andy Williams – 16 Biggest Hits
Archie Shepp – Mama Too Tight
Benny Goodman Sextet – Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman – Greatest Hits
Candy Dulfer – The Best of Candy Dulfer
Cassandra Wilson – Sings Standards
Chet Baker – Jazz Profile
Chet Baker – The Legacy
The George Shearing Quintet / Nancy Wilson – The Swingin’s Mutual!
Jazz Cats – Jazz To Wake Up To
Joe Pass – Ira, George, and Joe
Le Valedoh – Sensuous Sax: The Movies
Material – The Best of Material
Michael Feinstein – Big City Rhythms
Nancy Wilson – R.S.V.P.
Nancy Wilson – Love, Nancy
Nnenna Freelon – Listen
Nnenna Freelon – Soulcall
Peggy Lee – Black Coffee And Other Delights
Peggy Lee – Classics
Semisonic – The Great Divide
Semisonic – All About Chemistry
Sharpshooters – Choked Up
The Smithereens – Blow Up
The Smithereens – A Date With The Smithereens
Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down
Spin Doctors – You’ve Got To Believe In Something
Soulstice – Illusion
Sound Assembly – In The Pocket
Spin Doctors – Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Sprung Monkey – Get A Taste
Spyro Gyra – Love & Other Obsessions
Spyro Gyra – Dreams Beyond Conrol
Stan Getz / Chet Baker – Quintessence Volume 2
Sum 41 – Does This Look Infected?
Sun Ra – Somewhere Else
Sun Ra – My Brother The Wind
Swing Out Sister – Shapes And Patterns
Toad The Wet Sprocket – Coil
Toad The Wet Sprocket – In Light Syrup
Train – Drops of Jupiter
Various – Compact Jazz: Best of the Big Bands
Various – Jump Up & Boogie: The New Swing Collection
Various – Jump Jivin’ Swing
Various – Lounge-A-Palooza
Various – New Millennium Swing
Various – The Roots of Swing N’ Jive
Various – Songs From Godspell
Various – Swingsation Sampler
Woody Shaw – Solid
Woody Herman – Woody Herman’s Finest Hour

New Band Pages: Timothy Donavan Russell

Posted on September 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s about time we finally did this – we got a new band page set up for local solo musican and sound artist Timothy Donavan Russell on our site, adding it to the number of active band pages we have going. Timothy has been making music since 1989, 30 years (wow). He is a member of The Pharmacy Gallery which is also downtown. You can check out his page and stream some music right here. We aren’t sure on any live performances Timothy has lined up, but he is usually involved with upcoming Pharmacy events which happen on a pretty regular basis and you can follow along with on their facebook page right here.

That brings us to a total of 44 current active band pages we have up on our site (some of them need to be moved to “past bands” though, we know). Check out all of those right here. Do you play in a band or are a solo musician here in town playing original music? Get in touch with us at dumbrecs@gmail.com and we will work with you to set something up!

Tonight at Dumb Records: Navel (Japan), Teenage Bigfoot, Starter Jackets, Sadface Killer

Posted on September 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight! We’ve got a show going on, and it’s this one that features a *surprise* international band. Who is that band? That band is Navel from Japan, a pop punk band that has been around since the 1990’s rockin’ it in Japan on Bloated Kat Records. Check out their music streaming on the player below. They are touring with a band called Teenage Bigfoot from Philadelphia. There have been some slight changes to this lineup as well since it was originally announced as far as local bands go. Bottom Bracket is no longer playing (sorry), but Starter Jackets still is. Opening things up is the Peoria/Springfield emo band Sadface Killer.

The show tonight kicks off at 7:00 pm and it’s a $10 show, so remember to ask your parents for a few extra bucks. Find 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 in the near future.

Tony Colantino: “Extradimensional”

Posted on September 1, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Good morning and happy Sunday. Happy September 1st! This morning we bring you some brand new material here, it’s a brand new album from Springfield solo artist Tony Colantino. The album is called Extradimensional and it’s a few places online although unfortunately none of the usual places that we can embed players on our site. Let’s take a look at where it’s at…

CD Baby right here.
Spotify right here.
Amazon right here.
Looks like it was on Soundcloud but now it’s gone, dang it!!!

When I started the songs that would become Extradimensional in late 2017, I was relatively fresh out of a project with a similar concept. It was an instrumental space-rock record titled Space Drone, comprised of short songs featuring only multi-tracked electric guitar. Extradimensional took this concept and expanded it by lengthening the songs, adding keys, drum machines, and effects beyond the guitar-pedals-amp set-up. With these additional elements came a heightened sense of cinematic grandeur and sonic expanses. Desolation, uncharted territories, and harsh realms meet mental anguish, longing, and transcendence over the course of nine songs in 52 minutes.

That’s a quote from Tony. Tony doesn’t have any live performances lined up. We are adding this one to our Springfield album archive page of course, bringing us to 41 releases featured this year and 467 total.

October 9th at Dumb Records: Squarecrow, Attic Salt, Local Drags

Posted on August 31, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Sick! Here we are to tell you about a show going on at our space on Wednesday, October 9th. Isn’t that wild, we are already diving into October show announcements. Anyways, we have a band coming from California (the first from California to play our new downtown spot?) called Squarecrow. You can check ’em out on the player streaming below. Also two solid local acts are on this show, it’s gonna be good. Attic Salt is on this show, they are good. And guess what else, Starter Jackets are also on this show, they are also pretty good.

All of this happens that Wednesday night in October at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out that flier for some 2019 fall fashion tips to get your outfits ready. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what all is coming up at Dumb Records in the near future.

Levi Tucker: “The Shoestring EP”

Posted on August 31, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we bring you some brand new singer songwriter local music coming outta Jacksonville, Illinois nearby. This is by solo musician Levi Tucker and Levi has released four songs as a release under the name The Shoestring EP. From Levi’s bandcamp page:

As the name implies, this short collection of songs was recorded in a simple, humble way in simple, humble places. Each song was recorded on a single microphone, in one continuous take in an attempt to capture the truest version possible. The result of this is four songs that are the most honest and poignant retelling of the emotions from which they were created.

Nice. You can find those songs streaming on the player embedded below, or also head on over to his bandcamp page where you can purchase the download of the EP.

We are not sure of any shows Levi has lined up at the moment. We are adding this one to our Springfield album archive page, which brings us to 40 releases we’ve had featured so far this year and 466 as a grand total.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Prevention, Brute Force, Blushe

Posted on August 31, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Tonight! The weather is very nice out and we are having a party! Well, kind of just a normal show, it’s a short and sweet one, but also a special one because it will be a music video shoot for one of Prevention‘s songs. Just like this. The song the music video is for is their song “Another World.” We are supposed to tell you to learn the words, practice singing along, and your dance moves today before the show at home. Also on this show is Brute Force from the Southern Illinois / St. Louis area. Opening things up is Blushe.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5, you just can’t beat that. 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 we’ve got coming up at Bread Dumb Records in the future!