Old Episodes Of Black Sheep Radio Show Streaming on Mix Cloud

Posted on July 17, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

This is a post to let you all know that we seem to finally have found a good system for getting our old (more recent for now) recorded radio shows for The Dumb Records Radio Show up streaming online for those of you unable to listen from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Fridays when we are live. Right now we have been adding those episodes to a newly created Mix Cloud page! Go check that out right here. Also can we even embed those episodes below??? Let’s try it…

Holy cow did that work?? That’s awesome! Also sorry but this past Friday’s episode we did not start recording until 30 minutes in to the program. The Dumb Records Radio Show is on every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA FM and also online at wqnaradio.org. Maybe we will update our radio show page to also include the embedded players for past episodes. We’ll see. For this Friday we have a very special guest coming in and that is Len Trumper of Whatever Productions, who was involved in bringing bigger rock acts to Springfield in the 1970’s and early 80’s such as Van Halen, The Cars, Black Sabbath, and many more.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on July 16, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Whoops, it’s already past 1:00! It’s Tuesday though so today we are bringing you a list of some of what’s new at our record store on 418 E Monroe Street downtown. As usual, we have a pretty big stack of used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs. There are plenty of more new things this week that are not listed as well. We have a show going on Thursday night (later than usual) at our space this upcoming week, and an open mic on Sunday! That’s it for shows for the upcoming week. Let’s take a look at the schedule and then dive into what’s new:

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

Used LPs
Al Kooper – Act Like Nothing’s Wrong
Barbra Joan Streisand – Quadraphonic
Benny Martin – Tennessee Jubilee
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
Blind Faith – Blind Faith
Buckwheat Zydeco – Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire
Chicago – II
Dave Alvin – Romeo’s Escape
The Demigodz – The Godz Must Be Crazy
Dillinger – C B 200
The England Brothers – Twilight In Alabama
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
The Firesign Theatre – The Tale Of The Giant Rat Of Sumatra
Frank Sinatra – No One Cares
Frank Sinatra – Point Of No Return
Gino Vannelli – Powerful People
Hank Williams Jr. – Family Tradition
Henry Lee Summer – Henry Lee Summer
J.E. Mainer – J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers Vol. 2
Jasmine – Carol Schmidt / Michele Isam
Jerry Reed – Smell The Flowers
Johnny Cash – The Fabulous Johnny Cash
Kanda Bongo Man – Non Stop Non Stop
Link Wray – Live At The Paradiso
The London Symphony Orchestra – Zappa
The Magic Lanterns – Shame Shame
Marion Wade – What A Day of Victory!
Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Another Monty Python Record
National Lampoon – Gold Turkey
Otis Redding – History Of Otis Redding
The Pfister Sisters – New Orleans
Robert Plant – Now And Zen
Rusty Wier – Stacked Deck
Steve Winwood – Arc of a Diver
Styx – Paradise Theater
Tedd Browne – Tedd Browne Sings
The The – Soul Mining
Tomita – Kosmos
Utopia – Deface The Music
Various – The Hit List Vol. 1
Vision – First Glance
Wet Willie – The Wetter The Better
Wet Willie – Keep On Smilin’
Yello – You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess

12” Singles
Brand Nubian – Young Son / Still Livin’
Cheba – The Piper
Daily Plannet – Love It / Unforgettable
Digital Underground – Doowutchalike
Freak Nasty – Pick It Up / Da End Of Mista Big
Grayskul – Prom Quiz
Hell Raizer – Sample The Coffin
Inspectah Deck – Forget Me Not
LL Cool J – Phenomenon
Oaktown’s 3-5-7 – Honey
Mack 10 – Do The Damn Thing
Mr. Cheeks – Turn It Up / All I Know
Salt-N-Pepa – My Mike Sounds Nice
Tash – G’s Iz G’s
The U-Krew – If U Were Mine / Rock That Sh*t

New CDs
Charles Isaak – Speak Of The Devil
Chicago Bulls – Greatest Hits The Stampede Continues
Chris Isaak – Silvertone
Chris Isaak – Chris Isaak
Danny Elfman – Planet Of The Apes
Danny Tenaglia – Global Underground Athens
Danny Tenaglia – Hard & Soul
Dexter Gordon – Ballads
Dexter Gordon – The Best of Dexter Gordon
Eddie Harris / Wendell Harrison – The Battle of Tenors
Eddie Harris – The Eddie Harris Anthology
Iggy Pop – Beat Em Up
James Levine – Fantasia 2000
Jeff Golub – Dangerous Curves
Jeff Golub – Out Of The Blue
Josh Wink – United DJs of America: Philadelphia, PA
Kurt Elling – Live In Chicago
Kurt Elling – This Time It’s Love
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story
Pretenders – Last Of The Independents
Pretenders – Loose Screw
Pretenders – Packed!
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Simmer, Reduce, Garnish & Serve
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – (I, Eye, Aye)
Richard Elliot – Ballads
Richard Elliot – Chill Factor
Roland Kirk – I Talk With The Spirits
Roland Kirk – Rip, Rig & Panic
Scott Stubs – Platipus Presents The Evolution of Trance
Shadow – Hard Sessions
Stan Getz & Albert Dailey – Poetry
The Stan Getz Quartet – The Dolphin
This Is Acid Jazz – Jazz Com Bossa
Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Urbie Green – East Coast Jazz Series
Various – Deep Trance Vol. 1
Various – Techno Trax Vol. 9
Various – Tango Eternos
Various – Sounds Of A Synthetic Future
Various – Jazz For When You’re Alone
Various – Jazz For Quiet Times
Various – Jazz That Swings II
Various – Urbal Beats: 03
Various – Ultimate Love Collection
Various – The Very Best of Acid Jazz
Various – Wipeout XL
WestBam – We’ll Never Stop Living This Way
The Wiseguys – Wall Of Sound Essentials

CityFME: “Lost N The Muzik 3”

Posted on July 15, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Gotta keep that new local hip hop rolling in! Today we bring you a stream of a new release by local hip hop project “CityFME.” CityFME has a brand new album that came out late last month called Lost N The Muzik 3. It’s 13 tracks and you can find it streaming below. It was also reviewed on USA Blog Network’s Review:

Consistency is the key to success. CityFME embodies that statement with his latest release Lost N the Muzik. 3″ Bringing his distinctly Midwestern vibe to his new project, City continues to show his growth as an artist and songwriter on the third installment of his popular mixtape series. Not bogged down with too many features or cluttered with a lot of filler, “Lost N the Muzik 3” gives the listeners a nice experience. Standout tracks like “Moments” featuring Papa Luke and “So Juicy” showcase City’s ever evolving pen.

The album also has a write-up by Ken No is this month’s issue of Activator Magazine! And of course, we are also adding it to our ultimate Springfield album archive, bringing us to a total of 452 releases. Nice.

New Band Pages: Local Drags

Posted on July 15, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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This week we bring you a brand new band page for the new-ish power pop project that has only played like two shows or something but has a killer record out, Local Drags. Check out that new page to find out more about the band and stream their music right here. Local Drags dropped their Shit’s Lookin’ Up on It’s Alive Records and Stardumb Records last month and yes, we do have copies on vinyl in our record store. They don’t have any other shows lined up as far as we know right now. Sorry.

Check out any of our 44 current band pages on our website right here. Yes, we do know that some of these bands are no longer active, but don’t you worry, we are working on getting this section of our website up to date. It’s an adventure! Do you perform in a local band or are a solo musician here in Springfield that does not have a band page set up with us? We would love to hear from you. Email us at dumbrecs@gmail.com and we will work with you to get something set up.

July 31st at Bread Sheep: Crafter, Final Order, Soul Craft, Black Box

Posted on July 15, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Good morning and welcome to another brand new week! Hopefully we are on top of things with website posts and bringing you some top of the line content this week! Today we have a show to tell you about happening on Wednesday, July 31st at our spot. Drew says this is a last minute show, but we don’t think it’s that last minute. It’s still over two weeks away, you have plenty of time to plan what you are going to wear to this very solid hardcore show. For this show we have the band “Crafter” coming all the way from Massachusetts. Stream their music on the player below. Final Order from right here in Springfield will also be playing this show. ALSO on this show is a band called Soul Craft from St. Louis. Soul Craft features members of old Champaign/Urbana hardcore band Commodity that were around in the late 2000’s / early 2010’s that none of you probably remember. Opening things up is the new Springfield hardcore band everyone has been talking about, “Black Box.”

This one starts at 7:00 pm and only costs $5. You just can’t beat that. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our Bread Sheep shows page to see what else is coming up at our spot this summer right here.

Videos: Jocko at Bread Sheep 7-6-19

Posted on July 14, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Let’s get a little bit back on track with videos in the new show spot next door to us. Today we are bringing you a video of the Omaha Nebraska hardcore band Jocko performing here a little over a week ago on July 6th. The video is of the band performing their song “Jungle of Stone” and you can check it out on the player below.

Also head over to our vids/pics page for a list of local and touring band videos (still mostly at Black Sheep) over the years. Or check out our youtube channel.

Vincent Sebastian: “Interference”

Posted on July 14, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Happy Sunday! We are taking things a little slow today over here at the office since we just got done with three nights with three great shows back-to-back-to-back at Dumb headquarters, so excuse us coming in late with some website posts today. A week or so ago Springfield/Chicago musician Vincent Sebastian released a debut full length album, Interference, around the same time he performed at the show at our space with Jocko and others. We are finally getting that album here streaming on our site today. If you haven’t listened yet, you can stream it on the player below – it’s great. You can also head over to Vincent Sebastian’s bandcamp page to purchase the download of the album.

Vincent doesn’t have any other shows lined up at our space that we know of as of right now. Keep your eyes and ears out for them in the future. Yes you can check this one out on our Springfield album archive page as well. We are at 451 released listed on that page.

Tonight at Bread Sheep: Tim Buchanan, The Dixie Narcos, Father Talljasper, Adam Maletich

Posted on July 13, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Here we are at the end of our run of three shows back-to-back-to-back at Bread Sheep this weekend with this good psychedelic/folk show happening tonight. It features touring artist Tim Buchanan – who was actually a member of Oklahoma hardcore band American Hate who had played Black Sheep a few times. Tim’s solo material is nothing like American Hate, and you can stream it on the player below. Also on this show is psychedelic rock group “The Dixie Narcos” from Jacksonville, that rarely ever play live. What a treat to have them on. Then also there is a newer group from some town we know nothing about called Canton, Illinois. The band is “Father Talljasper” and they also play some indie rock stuff. Opening things up is local solo acoustic artist Adam Maletich.

Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Admission is $6.00 this time around and things kick off at 7:00 pm. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Bread Sheep.

Today on The Dumb Records Radio Show: Lori Kiel (White Oaks Mall)

Posted on July 12, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another Friday and we are keeping the ball rolling with some solid guests lined up on our radio program! Last week we had a great time chatting with Tim Smith about the upcoming Abe Fest going on next weekend downtown. We actually got a “Mix Cloud” page up and rolling so that we can start posting old recorded episodes! Check that out right here. This week, after being curious about what’s going on with a concert series in the White Oaks Mall food court – we reached out to the mall directly about someone coming in to talk to us on their behalf. So today as our guest we have Marketing and Business Development Director Lori Kiel coming in to talk with us! Wow! Lori will be talking with us about the Friday evening concert series they have going on now through the end of September. Tonight’s series actually includes Dexter Anodyne and Caleb Coppinger, and starts at 6:30pm out at the mall food court.

You can tune in to our radio program at 4:00 pm today and every Friday – from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA FM. Also stream the show during the same time online at wqnaradio.org.

Tonight at Bread Sheep: Kate The Band, Best Sleep, Sadface Killer, Flunkie

Posted on July 12, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Happy Friday everyone, T.G.I.F.! We are right in the middle of a three day show back-to-back-to-back streak with a very solid indie rock show happening tonight. This show features full band “Kate The Band” – you know it’s good based on these two songs we streamed on our site last month. The touring act on this bill is “Best Sleep” from Fort Wayne, Indiana. You can stream their music on the player embedded below. Then we have the first “Bread Sheep” performance of Peoria and Springfield based emo band Sadface Killer. They are a good band and released their debut full length album Domino Line earlier this year. Opening things up is the local solo project – Flunkie.

This show will start at 7:00 pm regular showtime 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 Bread Sheep in the near future.