Vincent Sebastian on Activator Magazine Video Feature

Posted on August 7, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we bring you the second Activator Magazine video feature they have done, we are really digging these! The video was put together by Crowdson Creative, who also did the last featured Activator video and interview which was shot partially in our space for the band Blushe. This time around the featured artist is Vincent Sebastian and his backing band, who just put out the album Interference earlier this summer. The video features clips of Vincent Sebastian performing a couple of songs and also sitting down and doing an interview. You can check all of that out on the video below, or also on the Activator facebook page. Vincent Sebastian is featured in another print interview inside this month’s latest issue which is now available for free inside of Dumb Records and other varios locations.

CompositionC: “Back To The Beginning”

Posted on August 7, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we bring you yet another brand new local album from another up and coming Springfield artist going by “CompositionC” aka Taylor Roberts. The new album is called Back To The Beginning which Taylor says he has been working hard on for a number of years. Check that out all on Youtube right here, also a number of other streaming sites which are all listed out right here. We also have a Youtube player embedded below. Taylor also had a release party at the new HISO Music Event Hall late last month for the album, where he gave out cards which included limited coupons for discounts at our record store! Wow!

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for CompositionC performing in the near future. Yes, this one is being added to our Springfield Album Archive for this year, bringing us to a count of 32 releases this year and

Prince Cash: “Menace Of Society”

Posted on August 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Here we are bringing you some more new local music in the form of this release from Jacksonville-based hip hop artist “Prince Cash“. You can find Price Cash’s new eight-song album Menace To Society streaming on the Soundcloud player below. The album was released earlier this summer. You can also find it streaming on Youtube right here.

Prince Cash doesn’t have any live shows lined up as far as we can tell. We might be wrong though. We are also adding this release to this year for our Springfield album archive, bringing us to 31 releases this year and 457 releases total (surely there are many more that we need to catch up on).

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on August 6, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Good afternoon, it’s Tuesday. Did we miss the tornado drill today?? Did anybody hear it?? What happened?? Anyways, here we are today with another fresh batch of used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs. We hope you enjoy. Yes, our store is open every single day 10am to 8pm at 418 E Monroe Street downtown. We’ve got two shows this weekend on Friday and Saturday. Let’s take a look at what we’ve got lined up this week and then dive into what’s new!

Tuesday (today): 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am – 8:00 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

Used LPs
Andre Previn – Give My Regards To Broadway
The Beach Boys – 15 Big Ones
The Beach Boys – Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 1
The Bee Gees – E.S.P.
Bobby Bare – Cowboys And Daddys
Deep Purple – Deepest Purple: The Best Of
Donny & Marie – Winning Combination
Dottie West – House of Love
Fishbone – In Your Face
Glenn Frey – The Allnighter
Gordon Jenkins – Manhattan Tower / California
Hermin’s Hermits – On Tour
Johnny Horton – Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits
Johnny Teupen – Goldene Harfenklange
K-Tel Records – Gold Rush ‘79
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
LeRoy Van Dyke – Greatest Hits
Maston Williams – The Mason Williams Listening Matter
Mary Hopkin – Post Card
Moe Bandy – Soft Lights And Hard Country Music
The Monkees – Monkeeshines
Monty Python – Live! At City Center
Nice & Smooth – Jewel Of The Nile
The Night Pastor And Seven Friends – Play Chicago Jazz
Nonchalant – Take It There
Norman Lee – As We Are
The Oscar Peterson Trio – Plays
The Osmonds – Greatest Hits
Phineas Newborn – Phineas’ Rainbow
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum – Procol’s Ninth
Ramsey Lewis – The Best of Ramsey Lewis
Queen – Live Killers
Roger Miller – The One And Only
Slade – Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply
Sparks – Big Beat
Tennessee Ernie Ford – Everything Is Beautiful
Three Dog Knight – It Ain’t Easy
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper – Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper

12” Singles
Amari – Callin’ Remix
Brand Nubian – Let’s Dance
The Click – Say Dat Den
Ja Rule – I Cry / Rule Won’t Die
Purple City – Purple City Byrdgang
Queen Latifah – Bananas
Raze – Livin’ It / Bosses
Red Dragon / Beenie Man – We Run Things / Dungle Boogie
Rhymefest – Stick
RUN-D.M.C. – What’s It All About
Snoop Dogg – Snoop Dogg / Backup Ho
Too $hort – I’m A Player
WC – Flirt / Throw Ya Hood Up

New CDs
Al Jolson – The Very Best Of: 20 Greatest Hits
Andy Williams – Lonely Street
Andy Williams – Super Hits
Belafonte – At Carnegie Hall
Benny Goodman – The Best Of
Craig Chaquico – Panorama
David Arkenstone – Return of the Guardians
David Arkenstone – In The Wake Of The Storm
Dean Evenson – Healing Sanctuary
Duke Ellington – Ken Burns Jazz
Duke Ellington – The Essential Collection 1927-1962
The Everly Brothers – Highlights: The Reunion Concert
The Everly Brothers – Wake Up Little Suzie And Other Hits
Harry Belafonte – All Time Greatest Vol. I
Johnny Ray – 16 Most Requested Songs
Johnny Rivers – Greatest Hits
Karunesh – Zen Breakfast
The Kingsmen – The Best of the Kingsmen
Kitaro – Ancient
Kitaro – Thinking Of You
Miles Davis – E.S.P.
Miles Davis – Quiet Nights
Neil Sedaka – The Hungry Years
Neil Sedaka – Tuneweaver
Out of Phase – Dark Side of the Moon 2001
Perry Como – Greatest Hits
Perry Como – With The Fontane Sisters
The Phill Collins Big Band – A Hot Night In Paris
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd – Meddle
The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers – Reunion
Tangerine Dream – Oasis
Tangerine Dream – Atlantic Walls
Yes – Big Generator
Yes – Highlights – The Very Best of Yes

Master Bastard: “Drinking With Children”

Posted on August 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

A couple of weekends ago now we held CD release shows for two local artists in our space as part of Downhome Music Festival aftershows. One was for Dexter Anodyne, and the other for local band Master Bastard and their album Drinking With Children. Drinking With Children is now available streaming on a few different platforms, unfortunately not any that we are able to embed below. You can check out the album streaming on Spotify right here. Something called “iHeartRadio” right here? (Looks like you need to set up an account for that one too). Amazon.com has it (only 30 clips of the songs though and you have to buy the full mp3s) right here. The same goes with the album on Apple Music right here. We think it’s on “Google Play” too but don’t know how to link to it on that.

We have the album listed on our Springfield album archive page for this year right here. Master Bastard do not have any other shows lined up at our space as of yet. Keep an eye out!

New Band Pages: Black Box

Posted on August 5, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s Monday! Welcome to a brand new week. Here we are bringing you yet another new Springfield band page for a brand new band. That band is “Black Box” and they are so brand brand new that they have only played three shows and don’t have recordings up yet. You can check out their new page right here where you can find out more about the band, and see a long list of related projects that more than likely is not complete. Black Box does not have any shows currently lined up at our space, but keep an eye out!

The current active band count for band pages we have on our site right now is 43! Yes, there are plenty of bands we don’t have pages for, and a few on that page that are inactive that we need to update. But check those all out right here. Do you play in a local band that has not gotten a page set up with us yet? Get in touch with us at dumbrecs@gmail.com and we will work with you to get something set up!

August 2019 Issue of Activator Available Now

Posted on August 4, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s a brand new month so we’ve got a brand new issue of Activator Magazine! The local / Central Illinois D.I.Y. Music-focused magazine has been going over one year strong at this point. Who has collected every issue?

On this month’s cover is local acoustic singer/songwriter Ben Bedford. Ben put out a new album The Hermit’s Spyglass at some point last year. His featured interview in Activator this month was actually conducted by Tom Irwin himself, another long time local musician.

You can also find album reviews, another interview with Vincent Sebastian, who also just put out a new album called Interference earlier this summer. In addition to all of this there is an interview with Pierre Berry – who has started “The Music Program Academy” teaching kids how to record and create music at the Salvation Army here in town. As usual, there is a writeup on the 217 hip hop scene put together by Ken No of “Hip Hop Hump Day” on 88.3 WQNA. Aaron Uncanny Phillips interviews local recording engineer at HISO Music, Shawn P. Christine Pallon of the bands Spandrels and Carly Beth out of Champaign/Urbana does a write-up on the recent “Girls Rock! 2019” event. There is a photospread from Audiofeed Music Festival which took place in Urbana last month, and as always Central Illinois and St. Louis live music calendars.

You can pick up you copy of Activator Magazine for free at Dumb Records and various other locations around town. Also check out the Activator Magazine Patreon page if you want to be a contributor to support what they are doing!

State Journal-Register: “Y-Block Passes Audition As Concert Series Ends”

Posted on August 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Screen Shot 2019-08-02 at 11.09.51 AM.png With the final of ten concerts happening just last night, here is an article in today’s newspaper The State Journal-Register about the overall success of the series and what might be next for the “Y-Block” downtown not too far from our store. From the article:

One of the goals of the concert series was to test the possibilities of the block. While a building is eventually expected to rise on the end of the block along Capitol Avenue, the half closest to the Governor’s Mansion will have to remain open due to the presence of sewer pipes underneath.

The bustling scene – people armed with their lawn chairs and blankets as they mingled in lines for beer, food, and activities for kids while taking in another unique musical guest – is an example of what can be in the vacant block, according to event organizers and community leaders.

You can check out that full article on the SJ-R site online right here, or pick up your local paper at various places around town for two dollars like we did.

From our understanding our city is likely to apply for this same grant and concert series to take place next summer as well (something that doesn’t look like it has been officially announced just yet). We’ll be sure to keep you all updated with any updates or advancements in upcoming concert series or with the Y-Block. You can also follow the Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series facebook page for more updates.

August 16th at Black Sheep:Nasty Boys, Final Order, GRINN

Posted on August 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Oh, what’s this? We have a show happening coming up on Friday, August 16th to tell you about in exactly two weeks at our space. It’s just a three band show, and will surely get over by ALL of our bedtimes. We got a band called “Nasty Boys” from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Looks like it’s a duo of two guys. What makes them so nasty??? Come to the show to find out. And stream their music on the player below. Also on this show is Springfield hardcore band Final Order. Opening things up looks like dug up from the grave is GRINN… a band we have not seen or heard or anything since… Dumb Fest #5 back in 2017? Well we’ll be darned. Looks like they are playing at Buzzbomb Brewery tonight as well.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to take a look at what else is going on at our space in the near future!

Today On The Dumb Records Radio Show: Totally Nicholas

Posted on August 2, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

We sure have been having a fun time with getting more in the routine of getting guests on our radio program and recording episodes lately. We recently got a Mix Cloud page up for the Dumb Records Radio Show, and now have the past four episodes recorded and streaming there. It’s Friday so that means another episode of The Dumb Records Radio Show airs on 88.3 WQNA from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Today we have young local content creator “Totally Nicholas” coming in to hang out as guest. Totally Nicholas doesn’t have a whole lot to do with local music, but we’re glad to have him as a guest anyways. We’ll be sure to be plenty of local music and stuff from bands coming to town.

Again, The Dumb Records Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA FM. It streams online at the same time on wqnaradio.org. Check out our radio page right here for more info and to listen to some past episodes streaming.